SOIL Studies

SOIL Studies

2019, Vol 8, Num, 1     (Pages: 001-010)

The Opinions of Farmers About the Wholesale Market and Wholesale Market Law

Yasemin DEMİR 1

1 Toprak Gübre ve Su Kaynakları Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, Ankara

DOI: 10.21657/topraksu.544646
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The purpose of this research is to determine the preferences of the agricultural enterprise that place fresh fruit and vegetable production in the product sales places, the points of view to the wholesale markets and the opinions about law the number 5957. The surveys were completed with 122 farmers in Ankara province in April-May of 2016.

Simple arithmetic mean, percentage calculations, graph and χ2 analysis were used to interpret the survey results. It was determined that 95,1% of the farmers were not informed about the number 5957 law, and 67,1% of the producers reported positive opinions on the changes in law 5957 after informing the contents of the law and the changes made. However, 41,8% of farmers reported that they are strict about saling products to wholesale markets and that their decisions will not change.


Keywords : Wholesale markets, agricultural marketing, fresh fruit and vegetable