Socio-Economic Structures of Cattle Enterprises in Hinis District of Erzurum Province

GÜLER O., AYDIN R., YANAR M., DİLER A., KOÇYİĞİT R., Avci M.

ALINTERI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.27-37, 2016 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: ALINTERI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.27-37
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cattle breeders, level of education, family size, experience of the farmers, DAIRY-CATTLE, LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISES, BREEDER DEMANDS, FARMS, SHELTERS
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A Survey research was carried out in 378 enterprises in order to obtain information about socio-economic situations of the cattle farms established in Hinis district of Erzurum province in this study. It was revealed that owners of the enterprises were generally within a range between 31 and 40 years old. It was a streaking result that 95.5% of the owners of the enterprises was capable of the reading and writing, but 70.0% of these farmers left from primary school before the graduation. It was also found out that owners of the cattle enterprises generally had experience with their job between 11 and 20 years, and they had families mostly consisting of 6 individuals. Number of people dealing with animals excluding owner of the enterprise was maximum 1-4 persons, and the people were generally from their families. Percentages of foreign workers were fairly low (2.5%). Only 12% of the enterprises was member of any association. The enterprises preferred mostly crossbred cattle (77.2%) and they indicated that the reason of their preference is due to their habits. Educational and training activities in Hinis district should be executed in order to solve the problems as well as the low education level and not being a member in an association.