A research on the determination of contributions of good agricultural practices at citrus production on agricultural enterprises from the points of technology and economy

Abstract

Good Agricultural Practices are agricultural production methods which are applied for the goals of: to realise an agricultural production which doesn’t harm to the healths of the human beings and animals; the protection of the natural resources; traceability and sustainability in agriculture and the food safety. In our country in recent years good agricultural practices are come out as a production method which is supported by the state at a lot of agricultural activities and is supported by the projects which are applied at different areas. As an example in Hatay, totally 29 producers,18 procuders (in an area of 1011 da) in 2014 and 11 producer (in an area of 540 da) in 2015, are certified by converting to good agricultural practices in the scope of “The Dissemination and Development Project of GAP in Citrus Growing”. In this study, in the case of Hatay by applying a field research the technical and economical aspects of this 29 enterprises before and after the certification are determined and evaluated statistically. As a result of the research, it has been determined that the agricultural enterprises that make Good Agricultural Practices have increased their market share compared to the ones before the certification, and that they use the agricultural mechanization tools more consciously, especially the drilling efficiency and economical efficiency in agricultural spraying. © 2018 Namik Kemal University - Agricultural Faculty. All rights reserved.