Decision-Making Process for the Sustainability of Vegetable Production: The example of Bafra Plain, Turkey

Year 2022, Volume: 39 Issue: 1, 57 - 64, 30.04.2022

Nur İlkay Abacı , Kürşat Demiryürek

https://doi.org/10.55507/gopzfd.1073820

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal the decision-making process for sustainability of vegetable production. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with selected vegetable growers, using the theoretical sampling method in Bafra plain of Samsun province, Turkey. The quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and qualitative data on the decision-making process were analyzed through content analysis. The vegetable growers generally decide in two stages: thinking and implementation. In the thinking stage, they evaluate encouraging factors (experience, product characteristics, the availability of resources (land, labor, capital, and managerial skills), the social environment, positive trends in product prices, a desire to produce, rural dependence, customer demands and a desire to earn money) and restricting factors (debts, pests, and diseases, the cost of products, weather conditions, unsuccessful experiences, negative perceptions towards specific products, the neighborhood of the land, lack of a sustainable contract with commissioners and limited terms for leasing land). In the decision-thinking stage, decision-makers evaluate what decisions they want to make and then implement production plans. The thinking stage, the growers need data on factors affecting production patterns. In economic theories, the farmer is only a rational entity that tries to maximize profits; however, this research shows that farmers’ economic decisions are not always rational. The research results showed that not only the price but also human behavior should be taken into consideration in the decision-making process.

Keywords

Decision, Decision-Making Process, Product Pattern, Qualitative Data

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK and Ondokuz Mayis University

Project Number

UBITAK 2211-C Domestic Priority Ph.D. Scholarship Program and OMU PYO.ZRT.1904.15.025

Thanks

This research work is a summary of the Ph.D. thesis and it was supported by TUBITAK 2211-C Domestic Priority Ph.D. Scholarship Program and OMU PYO.ZRT.1904.15.025 scientific research project.

Sebze Üretiminin Sürdürülebilirliği için Karar Verme Süreci: Bafra Ovası Örneği, Türkiye

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sebze üretiminin sürdürülebilirliği için karar verme sürecini ortaya koymaktır. Samsun ili Bafra ovasında teorik örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak seçilen sebze yetiştiricileri ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Nicel veriler betimsel istatistiklerle, karar verme sürecine ilişkin nitel veriler içerik analiziyle analiz edilmiştir. Sebze yetiştiricileri genellikle iki aşamada karar verir: düşünme ve uygulama. Düşünme aşamasında, teşvik edici faktörleri (deneyim, ürün özellikleri, kaynakların mevcudiyeti (arazi, emek, sermaye ve yönetim becerileri), sosyal çevre, ürün fiyatlarındaki olumlu eğilimler, üretme arzusu, kırsala bağımlılık, müşteriyi değerlendirmeleri. talepler ve para kazanma arzusu) ve kısıtlayıcı faktörleri (borçlar, zararlılar ve hastalıklar, ürünlerin maliyeti, hava koşulları, başarısız deneyimler, belirli ürünlere yönelik olumsuz algılar, arazinin komşuluğu, komisyoncularla sürdürülebilir bir sözleşmenin olmaması ve arazi kiralama için sınırlı koşullar) değerlendirler. Karar verme aşamasında, karar vericiler hangi kararları almak istediklerini değerlendirir ve ardından üretim planlarını uygular. Düşünme aşamasında, yetiştiriciler üretim modellerini etkileyen faktörler hakkında verilere ihtiyaç duyarlar. İktisat teorilerinde çiftçi, yalnızca karı maksimize etmeye çalışan rasyonel bir varlıktır; ancak bu araştırma, çiftçilerin ekonomik kararlarının her zaman rasyonel olmadığını göstermektedir. Araştırma sonuçları, karar verme sürecinde sadece fiyatın değil, insan davranışlarının da dikkate alınması gerektiğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

Karar, Karar Verme Süreci, Ürün Deseni, Kalitatif Veri

Project Number

UBITAK 2211-C Domestic Priority Ph.D. Scholarship Program and OMU PYO.ZRT.1904.15.025

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