Can medical and aromatic plants be an alternative to hazelnut in the Western Black Sea Region?

Year 2018, , 171 - 173, 20.12.2018

Fatma Çiğdem Sakinoğlu Oruç , İlkay Ejder Erturan Deniz Oruç , Sadık Hasan Oruç

https://doi.org/10.31015/jaefs.18029

Abstract

In this study, it was
investigated whether medicinal and aromatic plants can be an alternative to
hazelnut cultivation, by direct interview method on 154 people living in the
Western Black Sea Region (Düzce, Sakarya, Zonguldak and Bartın), which produces
hazelnut by 27% of Turkey. 154
students were surveyed by using Neyman method. Likert scale was used to measure
whether the medicinal and aromatic plants could be alternative to hazelnuts and
the results were evaluated by SPSS method. In our study, 154
people with different professions (farmers, civil servants, workers, retired,
students and unemployed), different educational levels (literacy, primary
education, secondary education, high school and university) and different
income levels were included in the survey. As a result of the study, 97.4% (including 92.2% of those who grow
hazelnuts) want to grow medicinal and aromatic plants as an alternative to
hazelnuts. 97.4% of medicinal and aromatic plants are considering to grow
linden and black sesame. There are also people, at a rate of 81.8%, who think
that medicinal and aromatic plants are organic and 66.2% of them also think
that organic certification should be obtained for
cultivation. 24.7% of them use
medicinal and aromatic plants as an alternative to medicines when they are
sick. As a result, medicinal and aromatic plants are
important in our lives as an alternative to medicines. Considering the importance of alternative plants
in the future, it is seen that in the Western Black Sea Region, even if at
limited number, there is a tendency towards medical and aromatic plant farming
besides hazelnut farming.

Keywords

Western Black Sea Region, Medicinal and aromatic plants, Hazelnut, Alternative

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