PROBABILITY OF MAKING PROFITS IN GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION: ANTALYA - TURKEY CASE

Ceylan R. F., Mencet Yelboğa M. N., Sayın C.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.29, sa.5, ss.3614-3621, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3614-3621
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Greenhouse production, profitability, logistic regression, Antalya, SQUARE DIAGNOSTIC-TESTS, ECONOMETRIC-MODELS, REGRESSION, EFFICIENCY
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Greenhouse production is vital for Mediterranean countries in four season fresh fruits and vegetables supplies. However, with high investment and varying variable costs and high labour demand, greenhouse production provides fluctuating profits to producers. Accordingly, it was aimed to undermine factors affecting probability to make above average profits for 281 greenhouse operators surveyed in Antalya, Turkey in 2015. The farm level profit was detected as $10.184,63, while it was $2.639,77 per 0,1 hectares on average departing from primary data retrieved from greenhouse farmers in 2015. Accordingly, 82 greenhouse farms were making loss and 86 farms ended up with a below average profit. Following the logistic estimation of above average profit making situation, it was understood that the most important profit rising factor was ownership of the farmland. This is related with reduction of variable costs like rent or subcontractor commissions. Besides, western Antalya towns appeared as more profitable, keeping in mind the risk of lands' overuse in the long-term. However, the findings also indicated that corporatization of the sector is essential for reducing real tax payments and assuring limited responsibility of the farmers.