Burak Öztornaci

• Ph.D.
• Cukurova University

Son yıllarda pamuk yetiştiriciliğinin çevreye verdiği zararlar üzerine pek çok çalışma yapılmıştır ancak pamuk tarımının olası olumlu etkileri açısından bazı boşluklar bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, pamuk tarımının olası olumlu çevresel etkilerini araştırmak amacıyla, 2012-2022 yılları arasında Türkiye'de tarımsal yangınlar ve pamuk yetiştiriciliği a...

Although many studies have been conducted in recent years on the environmental damage caused by the livestock sector, there are some gaps in terms of possible positive impacts. In this study, in order to investigate the possible positive environmental impacts of the livestock sector, the relationship between agricultural fires and livestock in Turk...

The fluctuations in food prices have highlighted the significance of analysing the factors influencing household food consumption. Recent advancements in data analysis have opened new avenues for investigating this subject. While studies have employed novel data analysis methods to examine the factors impacting household food consumption, the effec...

Reducing poverty is a critical priority for developing countries. Despite the government allocating approximately 13% of the GDP to social support expenditures, poverty affects around 15% of the population in Turkey. However, there is a need for more research that measures the effects of social expenditures, which is a fundamental tool in the fight...

Bu araştırmanın amacı çiftçilerin kullandıkları kimyasal girdilerin (gübre ve ilaç) doğaya ve insan sağlığına etkilerine dair bilgi düzeylerinin ortaya konulmasıdır. Çalışmada, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş ve Osmaniye İllerinden oluşan TR63 Bölgesi araştırma alanı olarak seçilmiştir. Araştırmanın ana materyalini TR63 Bölgesinde tarımsal üretim yapan çiftçi...

The expansion of production for the market along with agricultural intensification in Turkey has also brought the risk in agriculture. These may include market price of risk as well as risks arising from natural conditions. %90 of Turkey's agricultural areas are on the impact of natural risk group. With the passage of Agricultural Insurance Act in...

Bu çalışmada yoksulluk ölçüm alanında Dünya genelinde yaşanan gelişmeler çerçevesinde dikkate alınarak, Türkiye’deki kırsal yoksulluk farklı ve yeni bir yaklaşımla hesaplanmıştır. Mevcut yoksulluk ölçüm yaklaşımlarına kaynaklık eden “Tek Boyutlu” bakış açısı yerine “Çok Boyutlu” bir bakış açısı ile Türkiye’deki kırsal yoksulluk yeniden ele alınmışt...

Her geçen gün önemi daha çok anlaşılan kooperatifçilik, özellikle kırsal alanda yaşanan pek çok sorunun çözümünde kilit öneme sahiptir. Türkiye’de tarımsal kooperatiflere dair yapılan pek çok bilimsel araştırmada ise kooperatiflerin istenilen düzeyde başarı sağlayamadıkları anlaşılmaktadır. Kooperatif gibi örgütlerin başarılarını etkileyen önemli f...

Socio-demographic and economic indicators are very important clues to scientists and institutions to direct development programs for the empowerment of rural women. The goal of this study is to determine the status of rural women living in the Taurus mountainous villages of Turkey according to socio-demographic and economic indicators as related to...

One of the biggest problems of agriculture in Turkey is the small sized, scattered and joint-owned agricultural lands. In order to eliminate this problem, legal arrangements have been made and on the one hand and land consolidation projects have been carried out on the other hand. However, farmers have raised their concerns about some points such a...

The primary data of the study were obtained in 2017 through questionnaires from 154 agricultural enterprises randomly chosen from 10 villages which had the quality of representing the subprovince of Tarsus connected to the province of Mersin in Turkey. It was a survey made in order to determine the factors affecting the credit uses of the farmers....

The objective of this study is to determine the level of awareness of farmers about the personal protective equipment used in pesticide applications. The study was conducted in 56 villages in the administrative zone of the central districts of Adana, a southern province of Turkey, during which information was collected from the farmers with the ind...

'Green Revolution', a production form based on heavy use of chemicals, hybrid seeds, agricultural machinery and intensive irrigation has become widespread almost all around the world. It is claimed to have increased food production and solved the problem of starvation, but today is under debate because of its harmfull effects on environment and hum...

Despite the enormous diversification Turkey has made, agriculture still remains the backbone of its economy. Most of the successes Turkey’s economy has chalked came in the last 15 years; after 2000. The agricultural contribution to both gross domestic product and employment fell within this period. The answer to the state of the sector is not found...

The Northern region is among the poorest in Ghana. The Southern regions possess a lot of natural resources, and at the same time viable for the production of cash crops. The Northern regions however, have agriculture as their most dependable source of livelihood. The proportion of people working as farmers in the region is 73%, making it the highes...

This study analyzes how equivalence scales affects poverty values measured within the framework of monetary approach. In this study, poverty indicators and equivalence scales which are currently in widespread use were selected. Poverty indicators were estimated for Turkey based on these selected equivalence scales using the “TSI Income and Living C...

Agricultural enterprises which intend to continue their activities within the framework of economic principles need regular financing like other enterprises. Agriculture’s own structure shows itself in financing need, particular importance is given to agricultural sector’s financing. Many establishments like banks, the state, agricultural insurance...

In this study, the concept of poverty was observed in terms of rural and gender perspective derived from secondary data. The women living in rural area have more disadvantages than the women living in urban areas and all men to reach the socio-economic resources and so they cannot develop themselves. In the other hand, because of the agricultural t...

The purpose of this study is to find out the current situation, marketing structure of sales unit engaged in sales of cut flower and to determine the marketing problems with the enterprises’ future trends and expectations. The main material of this study is the primary data obtained from the face to face interviews with 51 sales unit of cut flower....

The costs and breakeven yields of major field crops (wheat, cotton, first and second crop maize and sunflower) grown in Adana Province were estimated and compared in terms of profitability. Crops were selected based on their shares in the total crop production value. Districts and villages were selected in a purposeful manner. Number of sample farm...

ÖZET Bu çalışmanın temel amacı Çukurova Bölgesi’nde ekonomik açıdan önemli tarla ürünlerinden buğday, birinci ürün mısır, ikinci ürün mısır, pamuk ve ayçiçeğinin üretim maliyetlerinin hesaplanmasıdır. Ayrıca, işletmelerin sosyo-ekonomik özellikleri ve pazarlama yapılarının ortaya konması, ele alınan ürünlerin yetiştirilmesinde kullanılan girdil...

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'de ki kırsal yoksulluk olgusunun, Küreselleşme sürecinden ne şekilde etkilendiğini tartışmak hedefl en-miştir. Bu amaçla, Küreselleşme sürecinin başladığı 1980'lerden günümüze tarımsal üretim, dış ticaret, istihdam vb. alanlarda yaşanan değişimler, Türkiye'deki kırsal yoksulluğa etkileri dikkatte alınarak, istatistikler ışığın...