TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of Agricultural Performance of BRICS Countries and Türkiye with CRITIC-Based Grey Relational Analysis Method
TT  - BRICS Ülkeleri ve Türkiye'nin Tarımsal Performansının CRITIC Tabanlı Gri İlişkisel Analiz Yöntemi ile Analizi
AU  - İnkaya, Ahmet
AU  - Masca, Mahmut
PY  - 2025
DA  - July
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.30784/epfad.1635472
JF  - Ekonomi Politika ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - EPF Journal
PB  - Ekonomi ve Finansal Araştırmalar Derneği
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2587-151X
SP  - 596
EP  - 618
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - This study aims to evaluate the agricultural performance of BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and Türkiye using CRITIC (Criteria Importance through Inter-Correlation) and GRA (Grey Relational Analysis) approaches. The following criteria are applied to assess each country's agricultural performance: Livestock Production, Primary (Ton/Population), Crop Production, Primary (Ton/Population), Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) (Value/Hectare), Self-sufficiency in Agriculture (Export/Import) (%), Methane (CH4) Emission from Agriculture (Value/Agricultural Land) in million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (Mt CO2e), Employment in Agriculture (as a percentage of total employment), and Fertilizer Consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land), Arable Land (% of land area). The years 2000, 2010, and 2022 are all included in the analysis. According to the GRA approach, South Africa had the worst agricultural performance in all reviewed years. While Russia had the highest rank in 2000, Brazil rose to the top ten years later, in 2010, its rank remained unchanged in 2022. Specifically, the top and bottom-ranked nations remain unchanged from 2010 to 2022. In terms of Türkiye, it ranked fourth in all studied years.
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques
KW  - BRICS Countries
N2  - Bu çalışmanın amacı, CRITIC (Kriterler Arası Korelasyon Yoluyla Kriter Önemi) ve GRA (Gri İlişkisel Analiz) yaklaşımlarını kullanarak, BRICS ülkeleri (Brezilya, Rusya, Hindistan, Çin ve Güney Afrika) ve Türkiye'nin tarımsal performansını değerlendirmektir. Her ülkenin tarımsal performansını değerlendirmek için aşağıdaki kriterler uygulanmıştır: Hayvancılık Üretimi, Birincil (Ton/Nüfus), Bitkisel Üretim, Birincil (Ton/Nüfus), Gayri Safi Üretim Değeri (sabit 2014-2016 bin ABD$) (Değer/Hektar), Tarımsal Öz Yeterlilik (İhracat/İthalat) (%), Tarımsal Metan (CH4) Emisyonu (Değer/Tarımsal Arazi) milyon metrik ton karbondioksit eşdeğeri (Mt CO2e), Tarımsal İstihdam (toplam istihdamın yüzdesi olarak) ve Gübre Tüketimi (hektar başına ekilebilir arazi kilogramı), Ekilebilir Arazi (% arazi alanı). Analize 2000, 2010 ve 2022 yılları dahil edilmiştir. GRA yaklaşımına göre, Güney Afrika incelenen tüm yıllarda en kötü tarımsal performansa sahiptir. Rusya 2000 yılında en yüksek sıraya sahipken, Brezilya on yıl sonra 2010'da zirveye yükselmiş, sıralaması 2022'de değişmemiştir. Özellikle, en üst ve en alt sıradaki ülkeler 2010'dan 2022'ye değişmeden kalmıştır. Türkiye, incelenen tüm yıllarda dördüncü sırada yer almıştır.
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