An analysis of cotton production technology on the Harran Plain Harran Ovasında pamuk üretim teknolojisinin analizi

Isgin T., BİLGİÇ A., Ipekcioglu S.

Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi, cilt.16, sa.4, ss.254-261, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1501/tarimbil_0000001145
  • Dergi Adı: Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.254-261
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Economies of scale, Function coefficient, Heteroscedasticity, Production function
  • Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this research, it was aimed to determine effects of three production factors; labor, capital, and land, on the current level of cotton output produced by a sample of local cotton farmers operating on the Harran Plain in Turkey and whether this relation may be used to assess the returns-to-scale parameter, also known as the function coefficient in the production economics literature. Regression results led us to conclude that among these variables, farm size is found the most influential variable determining cotton output, followed by the variables representing capital and labor as the second and third influential, respectively. In addition, results demonstrated that the returns-to-scale parameter calculated for this sample is significantly greater than unity suggesting that cotton production technology in this region exhibits increasing returns to scale, assuming linear technology. © Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi.