Place in Turkey and Region of Wheat Agriculture İn Van Province, Problems and Solutions

Abstract

In the province of Van, wheat cultivation has made in the 787 314 da area, and in return has produced 104 44 thousand tons of production and has obtained 132 6 kg/da yield. This corresponds to half of the yield in Turkey (280 kg/da). İf the yield in te province can be increased to average of Turkey,the same production would be possible to produce in half amount of area. The main reason for the decrease in productivity in province is the use of local varieties instead of high-efficiency and high quality registered varieties in wheat agriculture. Since the local varieties has not preferred in the flour industry, the sector supplies 80% of the raw material needed from outside the province. However, very fragmented and small-scale agricultural business structure, tractors and equipment is lower than Turkey’s average current, the plurality of fallow fields, such as technical information and material deficiency in production of some problems, is seen as the obstacles of wheat cultivation in the province. Some measures to be taken in order to eliminate these obstacles and increase the yield and quality will result that every relevant sector can be satisfied in wheat production. © 2019, Centenary University. All rights reserved.