Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
V. BALKAN AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS, Edirne, Türkiye, 20 - 23 Eylül 2023, ss.208-223
The phenomenon of development is the common goal of both developed and developing countries and can be defined as the advancement of human life in the economic and social field and the increase of welfare by changing the economic, social, and political structures of the countries. The phenomenon of development should be achieved through social cohesion. While the development initiatives, which started with industrialization, manifested themselves in urban areas, rural areas were ignored. However, rural areas should not be excluded from the development initiative. This situation, which is seen as social development, has been prevented by industrialization. However, rural development initiatives that started in the 1960s are steps towards the integration of rural areas with urban areas and their inclusion in social development. Rural development initiatives that started in these years found their reflection in Turkey as well as in other countries of the world. The support given to rural areas has been the main basis for this. These supports to the rural areas were primarily applied on a regional basis, but they did not receive sufficient response due to the differences between the regions and the practices were not suitable for the local area. One of the most important supports to rural development initiatives implemented in Turkey is the Rural Development Investments Support Program (RDISP). Within the scope of this program, it is aimed to increase the income level in rural areas, to improve infrastructure, to ensure the integration of agricultural production and agro-industry, to strengthen food security, to create alternative income sources in rural areas, to increase the effectiveness of rural development activities, to increase the level of basic public services, to increase access to services and to create a certain capacity in rural society, taking into account the protection of natural resources. Although these applications are province-based, they were also applied in the provinces of Antalya, Burdur and Isparta, which are the Western Mediterranean Region. In this study, it is aimed to divide the enterprises benefiting from RDISP in the Western Mediterranean Region into groups, to reveal the profile of each group and to examine the benefits of support elements according to the characteristics of these groups.