Investigation of factors affecting the organic agricultural production amount in Turkey: A panel data analysis

Abstract

As a result of the fact that materials and practices used to increase productivity in agricultural production all over the world are harming the environment in different ways due to increasing concerns about the environment and health, organic agriculture has come to the forefront. These concerns lead to an increase in the demand for organic products by consumers, and lead to an increase in production. The purpose of this study, organic farming production which is expected to ensure the protection of the environment and human health is to examine the factors that influence. By using panel data analysis method, the relations between organic agriculture production amount and organic agriculture production area and number of farmers were examined. To this end, in Turkey the 2003-2018 period was included in a research conducted on the production of 43 provinces on a regular basis. There results indicated that in all panel data models, the total organic agricultural production across the country was between 66.01% and 67.79%, the number of farmers and the explanatory power of the production area and the organic agricultural production value between 34% and 35% depended on other factors. Panel data shows that the impact of the cultivation area is than the number of farmers.