@article{article_461268, title={FARMER ASPECTS OF THE EFFECTS OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SOIL AND WATER SOURCES: THE CASE OF ADANA PROVINCE}, journal={International Journal of Agriculture Forestry and Life Sciences}, volume={2}, pages={93–98}, year={2018}, author={Yılmaz, Hilal and Gül, Mevlüt and Aydın, Başak and Akkoyun, Selcan and Bilgili, Mehmet Emin}, keywords={Soil,water,sustainability,good agricultural practices,Turkey}, abstract={<p class="MSEAffiliationContact" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"> <i>To reveal the opinions of producers on the impact of
good agricultural practices on the sustainability of soil and water resources,
a total of 85 lemon and mandarin farmers, consisting 72 farmers from Yüreğir
subprovince and 13 farmers from Seyhan subprovince of Adana province were surveyed for this study. A second survey was also
conducted with the same number of farmers who did not apply good
agricultural practices. The 67.06% of the farmers thought that good agricultural practices were positive regarding soil quality. The 68.42% of the
farmers reported that the use of fertilisers with good agricultural practices
decreased and consequently the factors causing pollution were left behind.
47.37% stated that soil fertility was also
increased as a result of good agricultural practices and balanced
fertilisation. About 65.88% of the farmers in the region believe that good
agricultural practices give positive results regarding water quality. Nearly
all of these producers have stated that there are no drug residues in
irrigation and underground waters and that the factors that cause pollution in
groundwater by reducing fertiliser use are decreasing. </i> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i>}, number={2}, publisher={Volkan OKATAN}