The Effect of Irrigation Investments on the Usage of Agricultural Areas in Turkey
Abstract
In Turkey, 6 million 230 thousand hectares of agricultural land are irrigated except for land and pasture areas. A
large part of the irrigated areas form the cultivated areas. Irrigation is an important factor for increasing
agricultural production in arid and semi-arid regions. In this research, it is aimed to determine the land use effect
of irrigation investments. For this purpose, irrigation investments between 1988 and 2014 and amounts of
irrigated areas and ın the same period, the data was used to see the changes in the agricultural areas of Turkey.
Factor Analysis, Clustering Analysis and Regression Analysis were used to analyze the data. According to the
results of analysis, the effect of irrigation investments on changes in the amount of land cultivated is important.
There is no significant effect on other land types. Statistically, only the Y = 18099.93 – 0.36 x equation is
significant (p <0.06). As irrigation investments increase, there is a significant decrease in only the amount of land
to be cultivated. Technical and economic measures at the level of producers are needed to increase the efficiency
of irrigation investments. As a result, major changes in the production pattern expected from irrigation
investments have not been realized in the period under review.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Business Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
December 30, 2017
Submission Date
April 21, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 23 Number: 2