The aim of this study is to determine some crucial issues in chickpea farming and some characteristics of chickpea
producing agricultural enterprises in Samsun, Amasya, and Tokat provinces in the Middle of Black Sea Region in
Türkiye. For this purpose, 3 districts where chickpea production is made in these provinces were selected and a
survey study was conducted according to the sampling system. Frequency analyzes were made according to simple
statistical methods in Microsoft_Excel and the problems encountered were evaluated according to weighted rating.
Thus, it has been tried to determine the problems encountered in chickpea production in the region and according
to separate provinces. The survey was revealed that the major issues are 45% disease (chickpea blight), 21.47%
vertebrate (pig) damage, 8.59% effect of marketing, 7.09% weed infestation, and 6.66% in the ecological conditon,
according to the weighted grading. Expensive input was one of the most important problems affecting chickpea
production intensively. The 70% of landowners has 0.8-10 ha small-size farm and the farms consisted of multi-part
structures. The result of the survey study was illustrated that major problems are small size farm plots, elder farmers
which the average age of the over 50 years old, and the unsuitable mechanization due to slopping land in chickpea
farms.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Crop and Pasture Breeding |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | January 31, 2025 |
Submission Date | June 12, 2024 |
Acceptance Date | January 31, 2025 |
Published in Issue | Year 2025 Volume: 11 Issue: 1 |