ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF DAIRY POLICIES ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TURKISH DAIRY INDUSTRY

摘要

The aim of this study was to comparatively analyze the impact of dairy farming policies on the socio-economic andtechnological characterization of dairy industry. Primary data were collected from dairy farms through the use ofstructured questionnaires and were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Data obtained wasanalyzed using Chi-square (χ2) test. In this study, modern and traditional dairy farms were compared in terms of theirsocio-economic and technological characterization and structural farming practices, and adoption levels of dairyfarming support services. The results revealed that there is a statistically significant difference between the improvedand traditional dairy farms in terms of education level of farm holder, gender of farm holder, agricultural credit use,purpose of dairy farming, farm land size, number of cattle, number of milking cow, barn type, size of barn, feedingsystem silage making status of farm, fodder crop growing, milk marketing channels, farmers’ reasons for choice in milkmarketing channel, type of dairy farming supports received by farmers, use purpose of dairy farming supports byfarmers, effects on modernization of dairy farms and increase in farm income of dairy farming supports variables. Theresult depicted that improved dairy farms benefit more from dairy farming and rural development supports than thetraditional dairy farms. As dairying is the sole source of income in the area, the study concludes by highlighting theimportance of government support for small and medium sized dairy farms in the study area. The conclusion is thatpolicy makers should take into account socio-economic and technological characterization of dairy farms inimplementation of dairy farming policies to ensure sustainable food security, food safety and farmers’ income.