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Analysis of Factors Affecting Dairy Farms' Animal Life Insurance: a Case Study Van Province
(Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Univ Rektorlugu, 2024) Terin, Mustafa; Ceylan, Melike; Ciftci, Kenan; Yildirim, Ibrahim
Given the unique characteristics of dairy cattle production, the producers are faced with many risks and uncertainties. These facts require efficient management for the survival of their farms. Agricultural insurance generally and animal insurance for dairy cattle farms specially is a significant tool to alleviate the losses and thus, contribute to the survival of the dairy farms. This study aims to determine the factors effective on the animal life insurance of the dairy cattle farms in Van Province. Face-to-face interviews with 178 producers through questionnaires were conducted and the data obtained was used for descriptive statistics, cross tables and binomial logit model. The logit model showed that having animal life insurance had positive effects on the annual milk production, keeping records in the farms, using agricultural credits, being a member of the Cattle Breeders' Association, and the number of support benefits while it had negative effects on the having tractor, cleaning the udder before milking, and having artificial insemination. We suggest that an increase in the participation of the animal life insurance could contribute to the sustainability and thus survival of dairy cattle farms in terms of increasing milk production and income of the producers in the province.
Comparison of Socio Demographic and Management Characteristics of Dairy Cattle Enterprises in Van Province
(Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Univ Rektorlugu, 2024) Terin, Mustafa; Ceylan, Melike; Ciftci, Kenan; Yildirim, Ibrahim
In this study, it was aimed to compare the socio-demographic and management structures of dairy cattle enterprises that are and are not members of the Cattle Breeders' Association of Van Province. The material of the study consisted of survey data collected from 89 member and 89 non-member dairy cattle enterprises of Van Province Cattle Breeders' Association. Parametric and non -parametric tests were used to compare the socio-demographic and management structures of the enterprises. It was determined that there were no significant differences in terms of socio-demographic characteristics of the enterprises; age, education level and experience. However, in terms of management structures; it was determined that there were significant differences between the enterprises that were members and non-members of the union in terms of the variables of having a tractor, number of cows, milk yield, udder cleaning before milking, keeping records in the enterprise, benefiting from agricultural supports, silage and animal life insurance. According to these results, it can be said that dairy cattle enterprises that are members of Cattle Breeders' Association are relatively more conscious and have better production opportunities.
Economic Analysis of Sheep Farms: a Case Study From Eastern Part of Turkey
(Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, dept Administracao, 2020) Deniz, Ahmet; Yildirim, Ibrahim; Ciftci, Kenan
Gross profit and profitability rates of 72 sheep farms in Center town of Hakkari was calculated and the relationship between milk production quantity per farm during lactation period and major production factors were determined using Coob-Douglas production function. Daily milk yield per sheep production unit and daily milk yield per sheep production unit per lactation was 0.28 g. and 47.59 kg, respectively. More than half (53 %) of gross production value ($ 8,435) was obtained from the selling values of lamb and goat followed by production values of milk with 25.7 %. Daily feed intake per sheep production unit was 1.87 kg, which roughage feed made up 97.64 % of total feed intake. On the other hand, feed costs per sheep production unit made up nearly two- third (74.68 %) of total variable costs. Gross profit per sheep production unit was $ 71. Coob-Douglas production function showed that a positive and strong relationship (R2 = 0.963) existed between total milk quantity per farm during lactation period and the major production factors. The total production elasticities was 1.71, which means increasing return to scale.
The Effects of Production Systems and Natural Season of Tomatoes on Consumer Willingness To Pay: Evidences From Turkey
(Parlar Scientific Publications (p S P), 2020) Ciftci, Kenan
Tomato is a mostly used ingredient of the world kitchens which therefore leads to important health jeopardy due to chemicals used in the production. Tomatoes produced under a certification control address to the consumer concern about their health due to what they eat. This paper aims at eliciting consumers' in and out of season willingness to pay for tomatoes produced with alternative systems, GAP, ecological and local, over conventionally produced tomato in urban Turkey. Heckman models were used to estimate coefficients that are necessary to calculate willingness to pay under the Ravenswaay and Hoehn approach. The data was collected from 541 consumers on the basis of the revealed preference across Turkey, from seven geographical regions. Heckman models were estimated with the dependent variable of household demand and the independent variables of price, expenditure and dummy variables representing production systems. It was detected that Heckman models should be used for the estimation of tomato demand due to statistically significant lambdas. Consumers in Turkey are willing to pay for tomatoes produced with alternative systems and tend to pay a price premium for tomatoes produced with alternative systems in the natural production season.
The Influence of Scale on the Profitability of Culture-Cross Breed Dairy Cattle Farms in Western Part of Turkey
(Medwell online, 2008) Yildirim, Ibrahim; Terin, Mustafa; Ciftci, Kenan
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the influence of scale on the profitability of culture-cross breed dairy cattle farms of different sizes associated with Erikler Cooperative, which is located in Kirklareli (A province in Western part of Turkey). According to annual milk quantity delivered per farm to the cooperative, the farms were classified into 3 groups (small (<10.000 kg), medium (10.000-40.000 kg) and large-scale (>40.000 kg). The data belonged to 2006 production period and were collected from 43 dairy cattle farms face-to face by means of questionnaires. While small-scale dairy cattle farms could not afford to cover even the variable costs, which mean the gross profit was negative, the profitability rate of large-scale farms was 24.7%, which is higher than the nominal interest rate and inflation level in Turkey. Large-scale dairy cattle farms were more successful compared to small and medium scale farms in terms of efficiency of major inputs used (labor demand and feed intake per cow). Total production elasticity of inputs was 1.24 indicating that there were increasing return to scale for dairy cattle farms.
What Does the Young Generation Want To Eat and Do for Being Healthy From the Perspective of Today and the Future
(Springer international Publishing Ag, 2018) Veziroglu, Puren; Ciftci, Kenan; Miran, Bulent; Sahin, Ayca Nur
Being healthy includes both physical and mental conditions. It is a fact that individuals can create their mental peace and care about their body for now and the future with the help of social activities and healthy eating. 190 student were interviewed face to face via a structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) that was particularly used to measure the sensitivity weights for food habits, and future choices for being healthy. Which choices to be taken into consideration depend on the maximum benefit that the students would get with respect to the Likert scores and AHP scores. Hence a 0 1 integer optimization model provides us with the necessary solution. As a result of the study, students who belong to Best #1 are male, educated in a city/big city and have higher income compared to Best #2 and Best #3. This means that it is crucial for the 41 students to eat organic and non GMO products. They prefer to consume it now and the most important thing is that they will increase their consumption where these foods are easily accessible. Another considerable finding is that only students who belong to Best #3 prefer to consume organic foods in the future. Furthermore their income level is lower compared to the other two groups. In addition the majority of the students are female in the group. Consumers with low income tend to postpone their more expensive activities. This study is an introductory practice of BeCa Analysis. For future studies, researchers are recommended to expand the number of respondents to represent different types of decision makers. That would be beneficial for institutions to define the consumer profile that would purchase goods or services for better and healthy living with the best satisfaction.