2011
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2009072-1485
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Farmers’ behaviors regarding the decrease in the area of cotton

Abstract: The main objective of this study is to determine the economical and social reasons of farmers' behaviors concerning the decrease in the area of cotton plantations in Izmir, Turkey. To do so, 84 cotton growers were interviewed in the province of Izmir. According to the results of the study, the cost variable in the cotton farms investigated was calculated as: €1,446.6 ha -1 ; gross margin, €524.4 ha -1 , and the yield, 4,018 kg ha -1 . In the studied area, 44% decrease in the area of cotton plantations was obse… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1

Citation Types

0
1
0

Year Published

2013
2013
2023
2023

Publication Types

Select...
3

Relationship

0
3

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 3 publications
(1 citation statement)
references
References 3 publications
0
1
0
Order By: Relevance
“…Given the regional differences in the Turkish agricultural sector, the literature of the relationship between agricultural output and input factors in Turkey typically focused on the technical relationships transforming input factors into agricultural production in a given region (e.g., Erdal et al., ; Ozsbuncuoglu, ; Tipi and Rehber, ; Tipi et al., ; Topak et al., ; Uzmay et al., ; ). Despite the spatial patterns evident in agricultural output and input use, and the importance of the regional disparities in Turkish agricultural sector recognized in the literature, aggregate agricultural production models have rarely been explored in a spatially explicit framework.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the regional differences in the Turkish agricultural sector, the literature of the relationship between agricultural output and input factors in Turkey typically focused on the technical relationships transforming input factors into agricultural production in a given region (e.g., Erdal et al., ; Ozsbuncuoglu, ; Tipi and Rehber, ; Tipi et al., ; Topak et al., ; Uzmay et al., ; ). Despite the spatial patterns evident in agricultural output and input use, and the importance of the regional disparities in Turkish agricultural sector recognized in the literature, aggregate agricultural production models have rarely been explored in a spatially explicit framework.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%