Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to compare the recent developments regarding hus-bandry policies in EU and Turkey in terms of the harmonization process, assess the hus-bandry policies and make some implications.In Turkey, Agricultural Strategy document between 2006-2010 and Livestock Strategy document aimed at 2013 were published within the context of harmonization with EU and husbandry policies were rearranged within the frame of these documents. Some politics, such as fertilization for animal health, artificial insemination which grounds on increase of meat and milk yield, and calf support that originates from the artificial insemination were executed within the context of these arrangements; however, it was too late to execute the policies aimed at making the obtained products in accordance with the EU quality stand-ards, the production hygiene, reinforcement of the infrastructure of the market in animal production, specialization in production and the food security that have become important in policies applied especially recently in EU. Approaching the policies as a whole and the comparing these policies with those applied in EU are very important in terms of determin-ing the present situation of the livestock sector in Turkey, which is in the process of full membership, arranging the present policies and directing the politics to be performed. In that context, this study was conducted by examining numerous studies previously conduct-ed related to the subject revealing the present situation of husbandry policies and compil-ing the studies regarding the future executions of these policies.According to the study results, in order to constitute a profitable and specialized livestock sector in Turkey, it is required that policies applied in husbandry increase the yield in prod-ucts and enable the quality product standard. Existing trends show that the structural im-provements have been not as rapid as expected in the livestock sector. In this case, hus-bandry policies should have such a structure to accelerate the improvements in the sector. It is thought that in order to make the sector more competitive in foreign trade and especially EU market, it is inevitable to constitute and execute common and efficient policies, which would transform the sector, with a strong and determined will.
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EU , Turkey , Husbandry , Agricultural policy
