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Energy usage
and benefit-cost analysis of cotton production in Turkey
Erdal
Dagistan1*, Handan Akcaoz2, Bekir
Demirtas1 and Yalcin Yilmaz3
1University
of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Hatay, Turkey.
2University
of Akdeniz, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Antalya, Turkey.
3Vice-gavernor
of Hatay Province, Hatay, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
erdal@mku.edu.tr . Tel: +90 326 245 5845. fax: +90 326 245 5832.
Accepted 22 June, 2009 |
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The aim of this research is to determine the energy input
and output involved in cotton production in the Hatay
province of Turkey. The average energy consumption of the
farms investigated in this study is 19 558 MJha-1.
Of the total energy, 2.87% is direct and 71.13% is indirect.
Renewable energy accounts for 12.30% and energy usage
efficiency is found to be 2.36. The total energy input into
the production of one kilogram of average Turkish cotton is
estimated to be 4.99 MJ. The dominant contribution to input
is energy in the form of nitrogen fertiliser (40.28%),
followed by water for irrigation (22.37%) and diesel-oil
(17.04%). The cost of cotton production per hectare is found
to be 2 246 $ha-1 in the region, with 79.87% of
this being variable costs. It can be concluded that
intensive cotton farms are being operated in the area since
the variable cost ratio is quite high. As a result of
benefit-cost ratio (1.24) analysis, cotton production is
found to be economically efficient.
Key words:
Cotton, input-output analysis, energy analysis, production
economics, Turkey. |
