Author/Authors :
ENGİNDENİZ, Sait Ege Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü, Turkey , ÖZTÜRK ÇOŞAR, Görkem Ege Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Economic and technical efficiency analysis of tomato production in Izmir Province
Abstract :
In this study, economic analysis of field-crop tomato growing and technical efficiency analysis of input use were performed. Data of this research were collected from 86 farmers with face to face survey method by using proportional sampling method. In the analysis of data, firstly socio-economic characteristics of the farms were examined, after that economic analysis of tomato production was performed for 2008 and input use efficiency in the production of tomatoes was determined by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). According to results of research, average net profit per decar was determined to be 363.34 TL and 141.84 TL for table tomato and processing tomato, respectively. According to DEA with input oriented, average technical efficiency (CRS) has been determined to be 0.787 and 0.753 for table and processing tomato producing farms, respectively.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Tomato , Economic analysis , Technical efficiency , Data envelopment analysis
JournalTitle :
The Journal Of Ege University Faculty Of Agriculture
