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International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, vol.4, pp.511-515, 2006 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
In this study, productivity growth and technical changes in Turkish agriculture is measured for 1961 - 2001 period using
Cobb-Douglas production function. Ridge regression estimating technique is used. The results indicate that the annual output
growth rates ranged from 1.30% to 3.40% for the Turkish agricultural production in each of the 10-years period. Farm output
growth is mainly due to the use of tractors, labor, irrigation and fertilizer, which shows that most of the growth rate in output
has been driven by continued increases in inputs. According to the results of analysis, technical change growth rates ranged
from -0.15% to 5.53% over the 40-years period. Although the change has been low, there is a potential to achieve higher
growth rates in agricultural production in the future if resources are used efficiently.