Author/Authors :
karadaş, köksal iğdır üniversitesi - ziraat fakültesi - tarım ekonomisi bölümü, Iğdır, Turkey
Abstract :
This study aims to determine demographic characteristics, problems related to sheep breeding and make recommendations for solution of these problems in sheep farms located in Hakkâri province. For this aim, a questionnaire was applied to 113 sheep farms in Hakkâri selected according to simple random sampling method. Data from the questionnaire shows that average age of the farmers is 49 while the average experience in animal breeding is 27 years. Average population of the farms in terms of Male Work Unit (MWU) is 6,51. Grain, barley and vegetables are produced on an average land area of 14 da. per farm. Each farm owns an average of 96 sheep, 86 lambs and 6 rams at the end of the activity season and respective values of these stocks are 416 TL, 309 TL and 958 TL. Average total stock value at the end of season is 74.336 TL.Stockbreeders are not registered with any agricultural organization and 15,9% of breeders have an average of 8.819TL of debt at the end of the season. Debtors are relatives and other real persons. Farms do not sell sheep’s milk, however, milk, butter, yogurt, cheese and ayran are produced in the farms and marketed through middlemen. High input prices, inadequacy of water for both animals and irrigation and and problems in production of feedstuff are the most important factors that have a negative impact on sheepbreeding. In order to improve sheepbreeding in the region, inputs and feedstuff to sheep farms must be subsidized, water problems in villages and pastures must be solved, illegal entry of meat and live animals must be stopped by increasing border security and sheepbreeding policies, tailored for the region, must be formulated.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Demographic Characteristics , Sheepbreeding , Hakkari , Producer Problems
