Journals / Iğdır Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi / 2018 / Cilt: 8 - Sayı: 1
Factors Affecting Farmers’ Decisions on Agricultural Credit Usage in Mersin Province
- Pages
- 271–277
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting farmers’ decisions on the use ofagricultural credit in Mersin Province. The research data were collected from 239 farmers selected by multistagerandom sampling technique. The research data were evaluated by descriptive statistics and binary logistic regressionanalysis. In this study, it was determined that farmers’ some socioeconomic characteristics and information seekingbehaviors affected their decisions on credit usage. Family size, farmland size, cooperative partnership, and printedmaterial reading variables affected farmers’ use of agricultural credits positively; age of farmers, whether or notthey receive free agricultural counseling service, and the number of agricultural training programs attended in thelast year affected it negatively.
Özet
Bu araştırmanın amacı Mersin İli’nde çiftçilerin tarımsal kredi kullanım kararlarına etki eden faktörleri