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Full Length Research Paper
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Analysis of
factors affecting land fragmentation in Erzurum Province,
Turkey
Emine Ikikat Tumer*, Atilla Keskin and
Avni Birinci
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of
Agriculture, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
aybikem@atauni.edu.tr.
Tel: +90(442) 231 25 94. Fax: +90(442) 231 26 78.
Accepted 21 May, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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Fragmentation of the agriculture prevents the efficient use of
the production factors. The aim of this study is to determine
the factors which affect land fragmentation of farms in villages
of Central District of Erzurum Province in 2004. Ordered logit
model was used for this purpose. As a result of the study, it
has been found that there is a positive relationship between
tools and machinery assets which constitute the explanatory
variable, the size of the enterprise, forage crop cultivation,
population working in the agricultural sector and land fragments
number. In addition, a negative relationship was found between
arid land rental value and land fragmentation.
Key words:
Land fragmentation, ordered logit, Erzurum, Turkey. |
