Effects on the economic performance of farmers of the risks encountered in the production of organic cotton, and risk management strategies: A Turkish case study
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2010
Yazarlar: Hakan ADANACIOĞLU, FAZIL AKIN OLGUN
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2010, cilt 5, ss 3387-3393
Özet
This study has importance in terms of determination of risks and risk management strategies that affect the economic performance of farmers who produce organic cotton. With this aim, Turkey, a major organic cotton producer, was investigated as a case study. In the study, the most important sources of risk affecting economic performance of farmers were determined as variability in yield, high production costs and low price premiums. These were followed by the difficulties in production, climate conditions, and institutional uncertainty. Management of production, marketing and capital, conformity to regulations, sharing of information, and crop variety are the strategies developed for management of these risk sources, respectively. The strategies developed by the farmers towards risk sources will not be enough alone. The strategies developed by the farmers must be supported both by the government and NGOs.