Demand for inputs in tomato and cucumber: The case of Uzundere

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Keskin A., Kadanalı E., Dağdemir V.

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, cilt.5, ss.486-490, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.486-490
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study was to determine the gross margins of cucumbers and tomatos in greenhouses, price and cross elasticities and Morishima Technical Substitution Elasticity of the inputs such as labor, seedling, fertilizers and drugs, which play a key role in the production of these products in Uzundere District of Erzurum Province in Turkey. Model solutions, which were created by using Translog Cost Function were carried out by Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR). Price elasticity and cross elasticity of the inputs were calculated by using these model solutions. Similarly, Morishima Technical Substitution Elasticities of the inputs were obtained by the numerator equalities models. According to the study results, gross margins of cucumbers and tomatos per m(2) were 5.000 TL and 3.303 TL, respectively. In addition, it was found that labor has the highest cost percentage within total cost.