Türk Tarım ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Vedat CEYHAN, Selime CANAN

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Beekeeping,Production system,Migratory beekeeping,Economic performance,Turkey

Özet: The study examined the influence of production system and migration on economic performance of beekeepers in Turkey. The research data were collected from randomly selected 455 beekeepers by using well-structured questionnaire. Return on family labor and management, liquidity and solvency measures were used to reveal economic performance. Research results showed that the net income per colony was $140, on average, and the expenditures of per colony was are $61.  Research results also showed that profitability, liquidity and solvency of beekeepers were satisfactory level in Turkey. In small scale beekeeping business, the age of the beekeepers, production system, mobility and the number of colony affected the economic performance negatively, while credit use and income per colony had positive effect. However, participation the education program, marketing type, the number of colony influenced the economic performance negatively in medium and large scale beekeepers. Focusing on mixed production system and record keeping had the positive effect on economic performance in medium and large scale beekeepers. Orientation of small and medium size beekeepers to sustain beekeeping as a subsidiary sources of income and adopting the large scale beekeepers to mixed production system may increase the economic performance in Turkey.

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