مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Socio-Economic Characteristics of Dairy Cattle Enterprises in Ağrı Province

Abstract :

The purpose of the study is to determine socio-economic characteristics of cattle enterprises in Agri province.Survey data obtained from 106 dairy cattle enterprises in seven counties of Agri province composed of research material. It was revealed that average age of the owners of the enterprises was 47.3 years old; 74.7% of the farmers graduated from primary school and they were literate; 56.6% of the farmers didn‟t have social security and 85.8% of the farmers provided their main income from cattle breeding. The enterprises dealt with for average 24 years and 96.2% of the farmers worked in the other branches of the agriculture. Average number of cattle available in the enterprises was 19.9 heads. Main problems determined in the cattle enterprises were disease, marketing problems and low milk price respectively. While 92.3% of the enterprises were notmember of the any cattle association or cooperative and 65.7% of the farmers didn‟t receive technical information. As result, it could be useful to make social projects on the education, social security, diseases, marketing of milk, lack of material, being member of an association, utilizing from supports at low level.