Determination of the Factors Affecting the Level of Benefit from Young Farmer Project Support in Rural Development: Tekirdag Sample, Türkiye

Year 2023, Volume: 20 Issue: 2, 418 - 429, 22.05.2023

Deniz Sarı Gedik Emine Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.33462/jotaf.1165409

Abstract

Achieving development in the field of agriculture in a country passes through the development of rural areas. Various plans, programs and policies are being developed for the sustainability of production and solving the problems of those living in rural areas. In recent years, it has been given importance to support development and entrepreneurship in agriculture in Türkiye in order to solve the existing problems. For this purpose, the Young Farmer Project was put into effect with the decision of the Council of Ministers in 2016. With this project, it is aimed to ensure that young farmers stay in the agricultural sector by providing the support they need, and to prevent migration from rural to urban by encouraging their agricultural production and activities. In this research, the application process of the farmers who received support between 2016 and 2017 in Tekirdag province with the Young Farmer Project, how they carried out the project, what kind of difficulties they faced while carrying out, how they continued it, and where they could carry it was determined. A survey was conducted with 106 young farmers who received support within the scope of the research. 54% of the young farmers participating in the research are woman farmers. The fact that male farmers have existing businesses registered on them that they work in other paid jobs besides farming, positive discrimination against women within the scope of the project has contributed to the increase in the number of female young farmer applicants and winners. 82.1% of the young farmers involved in the project also reside in the rural area before the project, and 13.2% live both in the city center and in the rural areas. The rate of those who started living in rural areas after receiving project support is 4.7%. It has been determined that young farmers who own livestock enterprises do not have an increase in their income levels, and they have difficulty in meeting their borrowing and operating input costs. Young people who receive support within the scope of the Young Farmer Project express the opinion that the project will not encourage agriculture and animal husbandry. For women farmers, the most important contribution of the project is that they have owned businesses for the first time, and for male farmers, they have further expanded their existing businesses.

Keywords

Young farmer project, Rural development, Agricultural supports, Rural area, Tekirdağ

Determination of the Factors Affecting the Level of Benefit from Young Farmer Project Support in Rural Development: Tekirdag Sample, Türkiye

Abstract

Bir ülkede tarımsal anlamda gelişmenin sağlanması kırsal kesimin kalkındırılması yolundan geçmektedir. Üretimin sürdürülebilirliği ve kırsal alanlarda yaşayanların sorunlarını çözmek için çeşitli plan, program ve politikalar geliştirilmektedir. Son yıllarda mevcut sorunların çözümüne yönelik olarak Türkiye’de de tarımda kalkınmanın ve girişimciliğin desteklenmesine önem verilmiştir. Bu amaçla, 2016 yılında Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı ile Genç Çiftçi Projesi yürürlüğe girmiştir. Bu proje ile genç çiftçilerin ihtiyaçları olan desteklerin verilerek tarım sektöründe kalmalarının sağlanması, tarımsal üretimlerini ve faaliyetlerini teşvik ederek kırdan kente olan göçün önlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu araştırmada Genç Çiftçi Projesi ile Tekirdağ İlinde 2016-2017 yılları arasında destekleme kazanan çiftçilerin projeye başvuru süreci, projeyi nasıl yürüttükleri, yürütürken ne tür zorluklarla karşılaştıkları, nasıl devam ettirdikleri ve nereye taşıyabildikleri tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma kapsamında destek alan 106 genç çiftçi ile anket çalışması yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan genç çiftçilerin %54’ü kadın çiftçilerden oluşmaktadır. Erkek çiftçilerin üzerine kayıtlı mevcut işletmelerinin oluşu, çiftçiliğin yanın da ücretli başka işlerde çalışıyor olmaları, proje kapsamında kadına pozitif ayrımcılık yapılması, kadın genç çiftçi başvuran ve kazanan sayısının artmasında etkili olmuştur. Proje de yer alan genç çiftçilerin %82.1’i projeden önce de kırsal alanda ikamet etmekte, %13.2’i ise hem il ve ilçe merkezinde hem de kırsal alanda yaşamaktadır. Proje desteği aldıktan sonra kırsalda yaşamaya başlayanların oranını ise %4.7 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Hayvancılık işletmelerine sahip genç çiftçilerin gelir düzeylerinde artış olmadığı gibi borçlanma ve işletme girdi maliyetlerini karşılamada zorlandıkları belirlenmiştir. Genç Çiftçi Projesi kapsamında destek alan gençler, projenin tarım ve hayvancılık yapmayı özendirmeyeceği görüşünü bildirmektedirler. Kadın çiftçiler için projenin en önemli katkısı ilk defa kendi adına işletme sahibi olmaları, erkek çiftçiler için ise var olan işletmelerini daha da büyütmüş olmalarıdır.

Keywords

Genç çiftçi projesi, Kırsal kalkınma, Tarımsal destekler, Kırsal alan, Tekirdağ

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