Ziraat Mühendisliği
Yazarlar: Seyit HAYRAN, Ali BERK, Hakan İMAMOĞLU
Konular:Tarımsal Ekonomi ve Politika
DOI:10.33724/zm.691105
Anahtar Kelimeler:Agricultural insurance,Logistic regression,Forage plant,Balıkesir
Özet: In this study, factors affecting farmers’ decisions on making agricultural insurance based on the case of Balıkesir Province were examined. The research data were collected in 2018 from 82 farmers determined by simple random sampling method in Balikesir Province. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression analysis were used in data analysis. According to the results of the research, the variables of land size, agricultural experience, knowledge, and cooperative partnership affected the decisions of farmers on making agricultural insurance. Accordingly, measures to increase the average land size may also affect agricultural insurance, positively. In addition, it is recommended to increase the knowledge of farmers on insurance practices and to encourage cooperative partnerships in order to extend agricultural insurance.