Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
KSU TARIM VE DOGA DERGISI-KSU JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURE, cilt.25, sa.3, ss.589-597, 2022 (ESCI)
The aim of this study was to determine the use input in apple production, calculate the production cost per 1 kg of apples, decide the annual activity results and to analyze them comparatively, by making profitability and productivity analyzes for apple growing areas of Bingol, Elazig and Malatya. The main material of the study was obtained by face-to-face surveys conducted during the 2018-2019 production period covering 223 enterprises producing apples using stratified random sampling method. Single product budget analysis was used to determine the production cost and profitability of apple enterprises. According to the results of the study; on average, the general agricultural experience of the apple growers was approximately 19 years and the cultivation experience was 16 years.While the average size of apple land was calculated as 28.02 decare(da) for the investigated enterprises. While the average apple yield was 627.65 kg da in the enterprises surveyed, the cost of apple per kg was calculated as 1.04 L The average sales price was 1.16. kg and the profit margin provided per kilogram was 0.12 L. The production value per da was determined as 728.07 L and the gross profit was 343.27 L The net profit per da was found to be 73.77 L and the proportional profit was 1.11 in the apple farming.