International Conference on Eurasian Economies
20-22 September 2022 – Baku - AZERBAIJAN
Paper properties
Paper ID : 2663
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Natural Resources and Environment
Presenter: Research assistant Ender Mehmet Şahinkoç
Presentation Location : online
Session : 6A Çevre Ekonomisi
Principles of Ecological Agriculture and Ecological Agriculture Data in Turkey
Ekolojik Tarım İlkeleri ve Ekolojik Tarımda Türkiye Verileri
- Research assistant Ender Mehmet Şahinkoç (Istanbul Beykent University, Türkiye)
- Ph.D. candidate Kadir Öncel (Istanbul Beykent University, Türkiye)
Abstract
Despite the increase in the human population, the unmet nutritional needs required rapid advances in agriculture. The use of excessive and unconscious chemicals to increase agricultural output has become harmful to natural life. In response to the destruction of natural life by industrial agricultural practices, ecological farming practices have emerged and gained value in recent years. These activities, which are briefly named as ecological agriculture, are "a method of agricultural production without the use of harmful chemicals, without the destruction of the natural area in the production process". In this study, the official ministry data was used while the ecological agriculture examination was carried out for Turkey over the years. By analyzing these data, a study was conducted on the data of ecological agricultural areas in Turkey, the number of farmers engaged in ecological agriculture and the number of products obtained from this production process. Lastly, SWOT analysis was made based on ecological agriculture and conventional agriculture research. In the conclusion part of this study, attention was drawn to the necessity of ecological agriculture for humanity to lead a healthy and sustainable future. The first and most important step in realizing this is to inform those working in the agricultural field about ecological agriculture. Agricultural production should be supported with solutions that will facilitate the farmer's hand, such as leasing by state institutions. Irrigation facilities and clean air conditions required for ecological agriculture can be provided by the states.
JEL codes: Q57, Q00
Şahinkoç, Ender Mehmet, Öncel, Kadir (2022). "Principles of Ecological Agriculture and Ecological Agriculture Data in Turkey" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2022, pp.110-114, Baku - AZERBAIJAN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C14.02663
