Abstract
In this research, it was aimed to determine effects of three production factors; labor, capital, and land, on the current
level of cotton output produced by a sample of local cotton farmers operating on the Harran Plain in Turkey and
whether this relation may be used to assess the returns-to-scale parameter, also known as the function coefficient in
the production economics literature. Regression results led us to conclude that among these variables, farm size is
found the most influential variable determining cotton output, followed by the variables representing capital and
labor as the second and third influential, respectively. In addition, results demonstrated that the returns-to-scale
parameter calculated for this sample is significantly greater than unity suggesting that cotton production technology
in this region exhibits increasing returns to scale, assuming linear technology.
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- Beattie B R & Taylor C R (1993). The Economics of Production., Krieger Publishing Co Malabar, Florida
- Bery A R & Cline W R (1979). Agrarian Structure and Productivity in Developing Countries., The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore Binici T, Zulaf C, Kacira O & Karli B (2006). Assessing the efficiency of cotton production in Harran Plain, Turkey. Outlook on Agriculture 35(3): 227–233
- Cinemre H A & Ceyhan V (1998). Functional analysis of agricultural income on agricultural farms of Carsamba Province (in Turkish). Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 22: 241–250
- Cullu M A (2003). Estimation of the effect of soil salinity on crop yield using remote sensing and geographic information system. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 27(1): 23–28
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- Cullu M A, Almaca A, Sahin Y & Aydemir S (2002). Application of GIS for monitoring soil salinization in the Harran Plain, Turkey. SSST International Conference on Sustainable Land Use and Management, Canakkale, Turkey
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- Grabowski R, Kraft S, Pasurka C & Aly H Y (1990). A ray-homothetic frontier and efficiency: Grain farms in Southern Illinois. European Review of Agricultural Economics 17(4): 435–448
- Helfand S M & Levine E S (2004). Farm size and the determinants of productive efficiency in the Brazilian center-west. Agricultural Economics 31: 241–249
- Pinar M, Akyil N, Er S & Erturk Y E (1998). Cotton Status and Projection Report 1997-1998 (in Turkish). Agricultural Economics Research Institute No: 2, Ankara, Turkey
- Pindyck R S & Rubinfeld D L (1991). Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts (Third Edition), McGraw-Hill Inc, New York
- Sengul H, Koc A, Akyil N, Bayaner A & Fuller F (2001). Cotton Market in Turkey: Evaluating the factors that affect future demand (in Turkish). Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Project Report No: 49, Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract
Bu çalışmada işgücü, sermaye ve arazi (işletme büyüklüğü) faktörlerinin, Harran Ovasında faaliyet gösteren pamuk çiftçilerinden çekilen bir örnek üretici kitlesine ait brüt üretim miktarına nasıl tesir ettikleri ve bu ilişkinin, fonksiyon katsayısı olarak da bilinen ölçeğe-getiri parametresinin tahmin edilmesinde nasıl kullanılacağı araştırılmıştır. Regresyon analizinden elde edilen sonuçlara göre, sözü edilen bu faktörlerden işletme büyüklüğünün, pamuk üretiminde en etkili faktör olduğu ve bunu sırasıyla, sermaye ve işgücü faktörlerinin izlediği saptanmıştır. Bununla
birlikte, örnek işletmeler için hesaplanan ölçeğe getiri parametresi 1’den büyük olup, lineer ilişki varsayımı altında, bölgedeki pamuk üretim teknolojisi ölçeğe artan getiri özelliği taşımaktadır.
References
- Barrett C B (1996). On price risk and the inverse farm size–productivity relationship. Journal of Development Economics 51(2):193–216
- Beattie B R & Taylor C R (1993). The Economics of Production., Krieger Publishing Co Malabar, Florida
- Bery A R & Cline W R (1979). Agrarian Structure and Productivity in Developing Countries., The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore Binici T, Zulaf C, Kacira O & Karli B (2006). Assessing the efficiency of cotton production in Harran Plain, Turkey. Outlook on Agriculture 35(3): 227–233
- Cinemre H A & Ceyhan V (1998). Functional analysis of agricultural income on agricultural farms of Carsamba Province (in Turkish). Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 22: 241–250
- Cullu M A (2003). Estimation of the effect of soil salinity on crop yield using remote sensing and geographic information system. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 27(1): 23–28
- Cullu M A, Celik I & Almaca A (2000). Degradation of the Harran Plain soils due to irrigation. SSST Proceedings of International Symposium on Desertification, Konya, Turkey
- Cullu M A, Almaca A, Sahin Y & Aydemir S (2002). Application of GIS for monitoring soil salinization in the Harran Plain, Turkey. SSST International Conference on Sustainable Land Use and Management, Canakkale, Turkey
- Debertin D L (1993). Agricultural Production Economics (second edition). Kentucky University Press, Kentucky
- Grabowski R, Kraft S, Pasurka C & Aly H Y (1990). A ray-homothetic frontier and efficiency: Grain farms in Southern Illinois. European Review of Agricultural Economics 17(4): 435–448
- Helfand S M & Levine E S (2004). Farm size and the determinants of productive efficiency in the Brazilian center-west. Agricultural Economics 31: 241–249
- Pinar M, Akyil N, Er S & Erturk Y E (1998). Cotton Status and Projection Report 1997-1998 (in Turkish). Agricultural Economics Research Institute No: 2, Ankara, Turkey
- Pindyck R S & Rubinfeld D L (1991). Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts (Third Edition), McGraw-Hill Inc, New York
- Sengul H, Koc A, Akyil N, Bayaner A & Fuller F (2001). Cotton Market in Turkey: Evaluating the factors that affect future demand (in Turkish). Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Project Report No: 49, Ankara, Turkey
- Townsend R, Kirsten J & Vink N (1998). Farm size, productivity and returns to scale in agriculture revisited: A case study of wine producers in South Africa. Agricultural Economics 19: 175–180
- TURKSTAT (2010). Turkish Statistical Institute. Available: http://www.turkstat.gov.tr USDA (2010). Available: http://www.fas.usda.gov /psdonline/psdQuery.aspx
- Yamane T (1967). Elementary Sampling Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NT: Printice Hall
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Makaleler |
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| Publication Date | December 5, 2010 |
| Submission Date | July 31, 2010 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2010 Volume: 16 Issue: 4 |
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