THE PRODUCT-BASED EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF TURKISH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Year 2020, Issue: 1, 117 - 141, 13.01.2020

Bülent Çekiç Cem Menten Kazım Barış Atıcı

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to measure
efficiency and to observe efficiency change of produced 61 crops in the Turkish
agricultural sector in 2010 - 2016 period with using Data Envelopment Analysis
(DEA) and DEA-based Malmquist Total Factor Productivity Index. Each crop was
considered as a decision-making unit in both of analysis. Following the
efficiency analysis, Malmquist Total Factor Productivity Index analysis was
performed to evaluate the efficiency change between the periods. Thus,
efficiency change of crop production process in Turkish agricultural sector
between the years 2010 - 2016 could be observed and the opportunity to compare
their efficiency scores has been achieved between the periods under evaluation.
The aim is to provide a macro perspective on Turkish agriculture sector with
the results obtained. In efficiency analysis, the highest number of efficient
units in Turkish agriculture is found in the vegetables category during 2010 -
2016. The highest increase rate of Malmquist TFV index was observed in rye unit
with 40.2% and the biggest decrease rate was observed in leek unit with 31,8 %.
In terms of categories, the biggest progress on the Malmquist TFP index was
indicated by fruits, beverages and spice crops.

 

Keywords

Agricultural Efficiency, Efficiency Measurement, , Data Envolopment Analysis, Efficiency Change, Malmquist Total Factor Productivitiy Index

TÜRKİYE TARIM SEKTÖRÜNDE ÜRÜNLER BAZINDA ETKİNLİK DEĞERLENDİRMESİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın
temel amacı, 2010 - 2016 döneminde Türkiye tarım sektöründe üretimi yapılan 61
adet bitkisel ürünün Veri Zarflama Analizi (VZA) ve VZA Tabanlı Malmquist Toplam
Faktör Verimlilik (MTFV) Endeksi kullanılarak etkinliklerinin ölçülmesi ve
değerlendirme altındaki yıllar arasında etkinlik değişmelerinin gözlemlenmesidir.
Yapılan analizlerde, her bir bitkisel ürün, karar birimi olarak
değerlendirilmiştir. Etkinlik analizlerini takiben, dönemler arasındaki
etkinlik değişimini değerlendirmek amacıyla Malmquist Toplam Faktör Verimliliği
Endeksi analizleri yapılmıştır. Böylelikle, 2010 - 2016 yılları arasındaki
Türkiye düzeyinde ürün üretim süreç etkinlik değişmeleri gözlemlenebilmiş ve
değerlendirme altındaki dönemler arasında etkinlik skorlarını
karşılaştırılabilme imkânı sağlanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar ile Türk tarım
sektörü üzerine makro boyutta bir bakış açısı sağlanması amaçlanmıştır.
Etkinlik analizlerinde, 2010 - 2016 yılları arasında Türk tarımında en yüksek
sayıda etkin birime sebzeler kategorisinde ulaşılmıştır. Malmquist TFV Endeksindeki
en büyük ilerleme % 40,2 ile çavdar biriminde, en büyük gerileme ise % 31,8 ile
pırasa biriminde gözlenmiştir. Kategorik
açıdan değerlendirildiğinde,  Malmquist
TFV Endeksinde en büyük ilerlemeyi meyveler, içecek ve baharat bitkileri
sergilemiştir.

Keywords

Tarımsal Etkinlik, Etkinlik Ölçümü, Veri Zarflama Analizi, Etkinlikteki Değişme, Malmquist Toplam Faktör Verimliliği

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