How Is Land Degradation Perceived by the Farmers of Beypazarı-Ankara?

Year 2022, Issue: 374, 67 - 75, 30.04.2022

Pınar Topçu Gunay Erpul Selen Deviren Saygın

https://doi.org/10.33724/zm.1080389

Abstract

One of the most significant land-related challenges is land degradation. Especially, fertile agricultural lands are under serious threat because of inappropriate land management strategies. The result-oriented ways to overcome this difficulty are to know attitudes and knowledge levels of farmers on this issue and to develop appropriate agricultural policies based upon assessing biophysical indicators of land degradation. Land transformations, typically linked to land degradation processes, have been dynamically occurring for many years as land competence increases by different competing uses at national level. Within the scope of this study, biophysical land-use transformations have been evaluated for a 33-year projection from 1986 to 2018 by using remote sensing technologies for mainly rangeland, forest and agricultural lands in Beypazarı. The results depicted that the proportion of agricultural land increased up to 41% with an increasing rate of 16% during this period. Subsequently, a survey was conducted to test the awareness of farmers about the socio-economic effects. A face-to-face survey with farmers revealed that 137 of the interviewed farmers have an idea about land degradation threat with marked low productivity and soil erosion as principal indicators, but 33.5% has no idea about the issue.

Keywords

land transformation, land degradation, socio-economic indicators, survey

Arazi Tahribatı Beypazarı-Ankara Üreticileri Tarafından Nasıl Algılanmaktadır?

Abstract

Arazi ile ilgili en önemli zorluklardan biri arazi tahribatıdır. Özellikle, verimli tarım arazileri, uygun olmayan arazi yönetimleri nedeniyle her geçen gün tehdit altında kalmaktadır. Bu zorluğu aşmanın sonuca yönelik yolu, ise üreticilerin bu konudaki tutum ve bilgi düzeylerinin bilinmesi ve arazi tahribatının biyofiziksel göstergelerinin değerlendirilmesine dayalı uygun tarım politikalarının geliştirilmesidir. Tipik olarak, arazi tahribatı süreçleriyle bağlantılı arazi dönüşümleri, ulusal düzeyde farklı kullanımlar tarafından arazi yetkinliği arttıkça uzun yıllardır dinamik bir şekilde gerçekleşmektedir. Çalışma kapsamında, Beypazarı'nda ağırlıklı olarak mera, orman ve tarım arazileri için uzaktan algılama teknolojileri kullanılarak 1986-2018 yılları arasında 33 yıllık bir projeksiyonda biyofiziksel arazi kullanım dönüşümleri araştırılmıştır. Sonuçlar, bu dönemde tarım arazilerinin oranının %16 artarak %41’e ulaştığını göstermiştir. İlaveten, üreticilerin sosyo-ekonomik etkiler konusundaki farkındalıklarını test etmek için bir anket yapılmıştır. Üreticilerle yüz yüze yapılan ankette, katılım sağlayan 137 üreticinin, arazi tahribatının tehdidi hakkında bir fikre sahip olduğunu, %33.5’inin ise konu hakkında hiçbir fikri olmadığını ortaya koymuştur.

Keywords

Arazi dönüşümü, arazi tahribatı, sosyo-ekonomik indikatörler, anket

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