Ziraat Mühendisliği

Yazarlar: Perihan MANAVOĞLU, Murat GÜNERİ, İbrahim YOKAŞ

Konular:Ziraat, Ortak Disiplinler

DOI:10.33724/zm.859395

Anahtar Kelimeler:Environment,Milas,Olive,Olive Mill Wastewater,Olive Oil,Growers

Özet: ABSTRACT Evaluation of Olive Famer’s Views of the Milas Region on the Olive Mill Wastewater Problems The waste of olive oil especially Olive Mill Wastewater (OMWW) which comes out at the process of olive oil production produces important environmental problems. In recent years, a lot of researches about disposal of this wastes have done. Environmentalist approaches have been developed which comes up with the idea that all the organic matter of OMWW is used in agriculture, having no harm to environment, reducing the usage of commercial fertilizer. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the environmental consciousness of olive farmers and their views and awareness about the environmental effects and disposal of the OMWW. In this context, a questionnaire was conducted for olive growers in Milas is applied and the results of the questionnaires are evaluated. According to the results of the study, important part of the growers has the environmental awareness (3.31). In addition, it was determined that farmers are at medium level (2.47) awareness of environmental impacts of OMWW. However, it has been determined that they don't have adequate (2.10) knowledge on the disposal of OMWW. The idea of composting OMWW and applying it to the soil was generally welcomed by the farmers. Therefore, farmers are considered as stakeholders on contributing for the solution of the OMWW problems.

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