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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.
Assessment of Profitability of Subsistence Dairy Cattle Farms From Size Perspective: a Case Study in Eastern Part of Turkey
(Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, dept Administracao, 2021) Ilban, Bekir; Terin, Mustafa; Yildirim, Ibrahim
The major purpose of the study was to determine the profitability rates in comparison for small-scale, medium-scale and large-scale subsistence dairy farms in Eastern part of Turkey (Van Province). The data collected from 66 dairy farm managers through questionnaires belong to 2009 production year. Daily milk yield per cow was 9.88, 7.71 and 9.06 kg, for small, medium and large-scale farms, respectively. Feed costs per farm was the single major item and accounted for 85.37, 86.62 and 83.56 % of total variable costs for small-scale, medium-scale and large-scale farms, respectively. Profitability rates decreased in proportion to farm size being 8.78 % for small-scale farms against 3.28 % for large-scale farms. The total production elasticity of inputs (Sigma bi) was 1.82, which means increasing return to scale.
A Comparative Assessment of Urban and Rural Households' Behaviors Towards Fresh Red Meat Consumption A Case Study in Eastern Part of Turkey
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2007) Yildirim, Ibrahim; Ceylan, Melike
Purpose - The major aim of this study is to determine the effect of urbanization and income level on the behaviours of consumers towards red meat consumption structure in Van, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach - The sample size was found to be 96 and 95 households in urban and rural areas, respectively, using sampling applicable when the population is limited. The households were classified into four groups according to their average yearly incomes. Independentsamples t-test, one-way ANOVA, X-2 and linear regression statistical tests were applied. The questionnaires were filled in between 15 November 2004 and 5 March 2005. Findings - The average yearly fresh red meat consumption quantity per head of rural households (8.69 kg) was considerably lower than that of urban households (13.19 kg). The regression test showed that $1,000 increase in income would result in 4.38 and 8.24 kg increase in yearly red meat consumption quantity per households in urban and rural areas, respectively. Originality/value - The paper compares the differences between the urban and rural areas in terms of consumers' behaviours towards fresh red meat consumption structure, which is original research subject for the region.
A Comparative Study on Urban and Rural Households Preferences of Fresh Mutton Meat Consumption (A Case Study in Eastern Region of Turkey-Heckman Model)
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2014) Sahin, Ahmet; Yildirim, Ibrahim; Deniz, Ahmet
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to perform a comparative assessment of the urban and rural households' preferences of fresh mutton meat consumption in Hakkari, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach - The sample size consisted of 95 rural and 95 urban households. The data were collected from November 2007 until May 2008 intermittently. Probity and Heckman Models were used in the study. Findings - Price elasticity of mutton meat demand was calculated as -0.242, which reveals the mutton meat is a compulsory good in the research area. Income elasticity of mutton meat was found as 0.39, which shows relatively satisfactory amount of mutton meat is consumed. However, there existed great differences in terms of mutton meat consumption per capita among the income groups. Originality/value - The findings in the study may contribute to the mutton meat producers and marketers in the region when planning their production and marketing strategies.
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.
Competition Power of Turkey's Honey Export and Comparison With Balkan Countries
(Scientific Issues Natl Centre Agrarian Sciences, 2018) Terin, Mustafa; Yildirim, Ibrahim; Aksoy, Adem; Sari, Mehmet Muhammed
Beekeeping is one of the oldest agricultural activities in the world. This activity, which is performed traditionally in some countries, has significant functions such as increasing income of producers and contributing to pollution crop production. Turkey has significant potential in honey production with proper ecology, rich flora and material genetic variation in bees. Determining the level of export competitiveness of honey in Turkey and comparing it with that of Balkan Countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Moldavia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia) for 2001-2015 periods, was the major aim of this study. The competitiveness level of honey export was calculated using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index and Trade Balance Index (TBI). The data of this study was provided from International Trade Centre (INTRACEN) database. The results revealed that the average RCA and TBI scores for Turkey were 1.86 and 0.86, respectively. The findings shows that despite of weak comparative advantage, Turkey is still a net exporter country in honey export. According to the average RCA scores, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia have strong, Croatia and Greece have low, and Republic of Macedonia has a weak comparative advantage in honey export while Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia have no comparative advantage in honey export.
Developing Strategies for Chicken Meat Producers Against Market Prices Risks in Turkey (Game Theory Approach)
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009) Sahin, Ahmet; Yildirim, Ibrahim; Miran, Buelent
Purpose - The major aim of study was to determine the chicken meat producer's optimal selling times. Design/methodology/approach - The method used for this purpose was Wald, Benefit and Regret criterions of Game Theory. The transformed Wald, Benefit and Regret linear programming models were solved to find the optimal solution. The data consisted of monthly chicken meat prices received by producers between 2000-2007, which were obtained from the Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association. Findings - The optimal solutions of Wald and Benefit criteria showed that June was the best selling month for chicken meat producers in Turkey. August was found to be the optimal selling month according to the Minimum regret criterion. In light of the Maximum criterion it was concluded that the producers would be at highest regret positions with 98.28 percent in event of selling in November. Originality/value - The results found in this study could be an indicator for individual chicken producers for a more competitive bargaining power when they make a contract with chicken meat production and marketing firms.
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.
Fattening Costs of Beef Breeds Reared Under Controlled Conditions and the Determination of Optimum Fattening Period
(Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2009) Sahin, Ahmet; Miran, Buelent; Yildirim, Ibrahim; Onenc, Alper; Alcicek, Ahmet
The primary purpose of this study was to calculate the fattening costs of different cattle breeds reared under controlled conditions and to determine the optimal fattening period that will maximize the net profit. The data were from 21 bullocks consisting of 7 Holstein, 7 Piedmont x Holstein, and 7 Limousin x Holstein cross-breed cattle reared and fattened in the closed tie-stall experiment barns of the Aegean Agricultural Research Institute, Turkey. The data used for the analysis were from the year 1999, but were updated for 2007. The fattening period lasted 280 days, after a rearing period of 195 days. The average live weight, costs of 1 kg live weight, yield ratio, and net profit per animal at the end of fattening period were 510.86 kg, YTL 3.65, 57.36%, and YTL 462.33, respectively. The Limousin breed yielded the highest net profit. The optimal fattening period was 5 months. Net profit increased by 21.67%, while the costs of 1 kg live weight decreased by 13.97% at optimal fattening relative to the fattening period in the application. Live weight, yield ratio, meat price, gross production value, production costs, and net profit per animal differed significantly among the Holstein, Piedmont, and Limousin breeds. The results indicated clearly that the optimal fattening period (5 months) yielded much more net profit in comparison with the fattening period in the application. It appears possible to arrange different plans for different cattle breeds.
Gross and Net Profit of Dairy Cattle Farms - a Case Study in Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey
(Univ Agricultural Sciences & veterinary Medicine Bucharest, 2018) Gencdal, Faik; Yildirim, Ibrahim
The major aim of this study was to compare the gross and net profit of culture, cross and native-breed dairy cattle farms in Gevas district of Van Province, Turkey. The required data belonged to 2009 production period and was collected from 44 farms by means of questionnaires interviewing the managers directly. Stratified random sampling method was used in determining the sample size. The number of cows per farm, daily milk yield per cow and lactation period were 3.15 head, 11.54 kg and 210 days for culture-breed farms; 4.0 head, 6.43 kg, and 210 days for cross-breed farms and 3.06 head, 4.21 kg and 215 days for native-breed farms, respectively. Daily feed intake per cow was 13.47 (9.88 kg roughage and 3.59 kg concentrated feeds) for culture-breed farms, 11.00 kg (9.66 kg roughage and 1.134 concentrated feeds) for cross-breed farms and 11.19 kg (9.29 kg roughage and 1.9 concentrated feeds), for native-breed farms, respectively. Feed costs consisted of 90.34, 89.11 and 84.59 % of total variable costs for culture, cross and native-breed farms, respectively. The cost of one kg milk was $0.49, $0.76 and $1.11 for culture, cross and native-breed farms, respectively. Gross profit per farm and per cow were $2,665 and $846 for culture-breed farms, $1,220 and $305 for cross-breed farms; $55 and $17.8 for native-breed farms, respectively. Economical profitability rate of culture-breed farms in terms of gross profit were nearly two times higher with 19.27% compared to that of 10.01 % for cross-breed farms. The economical profitability rate for native-breed farms was only at 0.53% levels. Production elasticity of inputs (Sigma bi) was 1.66, which means increasing return to scale. In case of duplicating the inputs used, milk quantity is expected to increase by 1.66 times.
The Influence of Scale on Profitability of Dairy Cattle Farms: a Case Study in Eastern Part of Turkey
(Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, dept Administracao, 2019) Gencdal, Faik; Terin, Mustafa; Yildirim, Ibrahim
The research aims at the economic assessments of dairy cattle farms associated with Ikizler Village Agricultural Development Cooperative in Gevas District of Van Province, Turkey. The data of 2009 production period were collected from 37 farms associated with the Cooperative, through questionnaires applied face-to face with the producers. The number of cows per farm, daily milk yield per cow and lactation period were 4.46 head, 11.74 kg and 237.6 days, respectively. These figures increased according to farm scale. Daily feed intake per cow was 19.93 kg (12.37 kg roughage and 7.56 kg concentrated feeds). Feed costs consisted of 91.74 % of total variable costs. Unit milk costs (the costs of 1 kg milk) was $ 0.58 and decreased in line with farm scale being $ 0.73 for small-scale and $ 0.50 for large-scale farms. Economical profitability rates in terms of gross profit were 10.18 % and increased in proportion to farm scale being 5.95 % for small-scale and 16.91 % for large-scale farms. Cobb-Douglas Production Function revealed that the total production elasticity of inputs (Sigma bi) was 0.945, which means decreasing return to scale.
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.
The Influence of Scale on the Profitability of Honey Beekeeping Enterprises in Eastern Part of Turkey
(Academic Journals inc, 2008) Yildirim, Ibrahim; Agar, Sinan
The aim of this study was to compare the profitability of 58 small, medium and large-scale beekeeping enterprises in Bahcesaray, a town in Van Province, Turkey. The data, from the 2002 production period, was updated in 2005 using the agriculture wholesale price index. Honey yield per modern beehive was 10.72 kg. The single most important cost item in the total production cost was the permanent labour costs, which represented 31.42% of the total. The economic profitability rate increased according to enterprise size being the lowest with 1.42% for small-scale and the highest with 3.77% for large-scale enterprises. The Coob-Douglas production function test showed that by increasing the major inputs one-fold, the large scale enterprsises could increase the honey quantity 1.73 times against 1.29 times of small-scale enterprises.
Measuring Technical, Allocative and Economic Efficiencies of Dairy Farms in Western Turkey
(Agricultural Research Communication Centre, 2017) Terin, Mustafa; Kulekci, Murat; Yildirim, Ibrahim
A study was conducted to determine the input efficiencies of 43 dairy cattle farms under the aegis of Agricultural Development Cooperative in Erikler Village of Center Town of Kirklareli Province in Western Turkey. Data envelopment analysis wasused. The technical, allocative and economical efficiencies were found to be as 0.66, 0.43 and 0.23 respectively. Theanalysis results showed that only 23.26% of the farms were efficient (they had constant return to scale) regarding the usageof major inputs while the remaining 76.74% had increasing return to scale, indicating that these farms could maintain thecurrent output with decreasing current inputs. The current output (gross production value) per cow could be maintained bysaving 46.56, 46.72, 42.96, and 45.20% dry weed (kg), straw (kg), concentrated feed (kg), and labour (hour), respectivelyalong with 39.82% veterinary and 46.73% the other expenses.
Profit Maximization of Cattle Fattening Breed Based on Characteristics of Producers: an Application of Game Theory
(Medwell online, 2008) Sahin, Ahmet; Miran, Buelent; Yildirim, Ibrahim; Onenc, Alper
The major purpose of this study was to determine the cattle fattening breed, which maximizes the net profit for the producers under risks and uncertainties based on different characteristics of producers. The monthly data of 21 bullocks consisted of 7 Holstein, 7 PiedmonxHolstain and 7 LimuzinxHolstein cross-breed cattle fattened in closed tie-stall experiment barns of Aegean Agricultural Research Institute, Izmir, Turkey were used in the study. The games were constructed based on the net profit per cattle obtained in the 5th month of fattening where the highest total profit was obtained. Maximaks, Wald, Regret, Hurwicz, Utility and Laplace Criterions of Game Theory were used. The Maximaks, Regret, Hurwics and Laplace Criterions showed that the best breed was Limuzin for the producers in terms of net profit per cattle. According, the results of Wald and Utility Criterions of Game Theory, the optimal breed was Piedmont. Holstein breed was not compatible with any criterions used in this study. Since, the highest net profit per cattle ($ 588.33) is obtained from Limuzin breed by applying Maximaks Criterion, we strongly recommend this breed for optimistic producers. However, the characteristics of producers will determine which criterion to apply to choose the best breed.
Urban and Rural Households' Fresh Chicken Meat Consumption Behaviors in Turkey
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2008) Yildirim, Ibrahim; Ceylan, Melike
Purpose - The major purpose of this study was to compare the fresh chicken meat consumption structure of urban and rural households of different income levels in Van province, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach - The sample size of 96 urban and 95 households were selected randomly using sampling selection method where the population is limited. The data were collected by personnel interviewing from the households in eight districts and eight villages of Van province, Turkey between 15 November 2004 and 5 March 2005. The households were classified as the lowest, medium, upper medium and the highest income groups. Independent-samples t-students, one-way ANOVA, chi-square and linear regression statistical tests were used. Findings - The average yearly fresh chicken meat consumption per head was 19.1 and 14.6 kg for urban and rural households, respectively. According to regression test results $1,000 increase in yearly income will raise the yearly chicken meat consumption of urban and rural households by 3.8 and 8.7 kg, respectively. The income was effective on both the consumption level and behavior of households. The urban households attached more attention to habit and nutrition value variables, while the cheapness was the major factor affecting the rural households' preference of chicken meat. Originality/value - The article analyzes the differences/similarities of urban and rural households in terms of consumption expenditures and consumers' behaviors towards fresh chicken meat. The paper is an original research subject as regards its potential contributions of the nutritional measures to be taken and marketing strategies to be developed in the region.