This study was carried out in order to reveal the current situation of goose breeding in extensive and semi-intensive conditions in Kütahya province and to determine the important problems encountered in breeding. The material of the study consisted of the survey data obtained from 125 goose producers in the villages of Merkez, Altıntaş, Aslanapa, Çavdarhisar, and Tavşanlı districts of Kütahya province and where goose breeding is intense. According to the research findings, it has been determined that the average period of geese breeding of farmers in the province of Kütahya is 1-10 years. It has been determined that the number of breeding male geese per farm is 1-5, and the number of breeding female geese is 3-20 (E/D:1/3-5/20). It was determined that 56.8% of the goose shelters were made of briquette or brick material. 88.8% of the breeders stated that gooselings were released to the pasture when they were 1-2 weeks old. Although the rate of not taking any precautions against diseases was 84.0%, the rate of those who stated that they did not experience any loss was 75.2%. As a result, it has been determined that the structure and problems of goose breeding in Kütahya are similar to the country in general and the production is mostly done to meet the meat needs of the family. It can be said that the main problems of the producers are feed costs, inadequacies in care and feeding, breedings with low-yielding domestic breeds, difficulties in the supply of breeding animals, and problems in marketing.

Tarım, yaşamımız için gerekli hayvansal ve bitkisel ürünleri elde etmek amacıyla belirli bir biyolojik ve sosyo-ekonomik ortamda gerçekleştirdiğimiz etkinliklerdir. Tarım Sektörü, beslenmeyle ilgili tüm maddelerin (tarımsal ürünler, su ürünleri, maden suları, mayalar, orman ürünleri vb.) insan ve hayvan beslenmesinde doğrudan doğruya ya da dolaylı olarak (hammadde) kullanılmak üzere işlenmesine, hazırlanmasına ve son tüketiciye sunulmasına ilişkin tüm işlemleri içeren geniş istihdam alanına sahip bir sektördür. Covid-19 pandemisinin, tarım ürünlerinin yetiştirilmesinden, hasat edilmesine, lojistik hizmetlerinden son tüketiciye ulaştırılmasına kadar tarım sektörüne olumsuz etkileri olmuştur. Hastalığın bulaş riskinin yüksek olması da gıda güvenliği noktasında tüketicilerin daha hassas olmasına neden olmakla beraber sınırların kapatılması ile gıda temininde arz talep dengesizlikleri yaşanmıştır. Salgın boyunca Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı; veteriner hekimlere, hayvancılık işletmelerine, çiftçilere, ekmek ve unlu mamul işletmelerine, vb. covid-19 tedbirlerini içeren özel broşürler hazırlamış ve rutin denetimlerini gerçekleştirmiştir. Türkiye, farklı iklim özelliklerinde birçok tarımsal ürünün yetiştirildiği, jeopolitik öneme sahip bir ülkedir. Modern tarım yöntemlerini kullanarak genç nüfus potansiyelini tarım sektöründe değerlendirdiği takdirde dünyada tarım sektöründe söz sahibi ülke olabilecektir.

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Animal husbandry is one of the most important economic activities that humanity has been carrying out since its existence in order to meet the need for animal protein which has an important place in nutrition. In Turkey, on February 6, 2023, two destructive earthquakes with a magnitude of Mw=7.7 and Mw=7.6 occurred in the Pazarcık and Elbistan districts of Kahramanmaras in the south of Turkey. The earthquake caused the death of tens of thousands of our citizens in Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Sanlıurfa and seriously damaged our livestock. After the disaster, it was observed that many producers were unable to care for their animals due to the risk of epidemics that may arise from the animals that perished and the general damages that may arise from the loss of animals, especially the supply of feed, which is the most important problem for the animals that are rescued and currently kept. Delays in reaching rural areas during the earthquake revealed that a special structure should be established for villages in similar disasters. Structures such as intervention units for rural areas affiliated with AFAD can help with this.