DEVELOPMENT IN SOYBEAN PRODUCTION AND FOREIGN TRADE IN TURKEY

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 84 - 88, 18.06.2019

Hilal Yılmaz , Pınar Çubukçu , Mevlüt Gül , Ahmet Korhan Şahar Metin Göksel Akpınar

Abstract

In addition to being an essential component of
both human and animal diet plus industrial applications, soybean is a product
that yields more and cheaper plant-based protein in a unit of area. Soybean consumption in Turkey has reached 1,8 million
tons, despite varying from year to year in recent years. Soybean production 2016
in Turkey was about 165 thousand tons. Consequently, only %9 of the consumption
is fulfilled by local production. Turkey
has a significant potential for soybean
production due to suitable climatic conditions. However, it cannot compete
against alternative crops in areas it is grown due to high production input and
low crop yield. For this reason, soybean production has not been able to
achieve the desired target. According to
the Turkish Statistical Institution data, soybean production in Turkey is not
generally stable, but it is fluctuating
with periodic increases and decreases depending on agriculture policies.
Identifying problems and taking the necessary precautions with work to be done
will increase the contribution of soybean production to both the country and
the regional economy.

This study will
examine developments in sowing area, production amount and yield to evaluate the present situation of soybean
production in Turkey during the period covering 2004-2016 and developments in
foreign trade and price in the period covering 2000-2013 years. Soybean is
projected to be grown in 15 of the 30
agricultural basins identified by the Turkish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Livestock. If soybean farming becomes popular, soybean output will increase, and dependence on imports will decrease. In
connection with the findings obtained, suggestions will be made about how to increase soybean production and popularisation.

Keywords

Soybean, Production, Foreign Trade, Price

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