Knowledge level of vegetable growng farmers on organic production in Diyarbakır province
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Tarih
2018
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Özet
As was the case n the World, ntensve nput use was seen the only remedy to ncrease agrcultural productvty so that to
meet the needs for food and raw materal n the second half of the last century n Turkey. Accordngly, chemcal fertlzer
and pestcde use were supported and encouraged. Unconscous chemcal use ncreased the plant producton but resulted
n poor qualty products and human health dsorders. As a result of foodborn and envronmental health problems, a new
type of agrcultural producton was urged and encouraged by the conscous customers all over the World. Ths s called
organc or ecologc farmng whch ams to restore the unwanted outcomes of ntensve or conventonal agrculture and
produce healthy food to satsfy customer demands. In achevng the goals of organc producton and ncreasng organc
food producton t s of great mportance to unvel the knowledge level, problems and requests of the producers snce
culture, customs, socal envronment and the knowledge accumulated over years shape the agrcultural producton. In
ths study, t s amed to reveal the knowledge level and producton customs of the organic vegetable producers in
Diyarbakır province. Study data was collected from the vegetable growng farmers wth structured questonnares
through face to face ntervews. Sample sze was determned usng smple randomzed samplng method. In analyss of
the data descrptve statstcs method and Ch-Square test was employed. Study results revealed that about 61% of the
respondents dd not have ther sols tested. It was also determned that of all respondents 81% act accordng to ther own
knowledge when coverng the plant nutrent requrements of the sols as 7,5% consult ther frends or neghbours and
only about 2% followed the recommendatons of agrcultural experts. The most strkng result, on the other hand, was
that only about 27% of the respondents accepted that they had adequate knowledge on organc farmng whle the rest not.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Organc agrculture, Sources of information, Vegetable growing, Level of knowledge and consciousness
Kaynak
International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Food Sciences
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2
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4
Künye
Pirinç, V., Kara, A., Aktürk, Z. ve Akın, S. (2018). Knowledge level of vegetable growng farmers on organic production in Diyarbakır province. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Food Sciences, 2(4), 155-159.
