Bitkisel Üretimde Çiftçilerin Girdi Kullanım Bilinç Düzeylerinin Analizi: Trakya

In this study, conscious levels of the farmers in the usage of pesticide, fertilizer and seed which are the indispensable inputs of vegetative production has been aimed. Thrace Region has been determined as project area and Tekirdağ, Edirne and Kırklareli provinces have been handled. Within the field study, it has been inquired with 383 producers chosen randomly. The factors which affect the conscious levels in input usage have been analyzed by structural equation modeling. According to structural equation modeling results, it has been found that the correlation coefficients between pesticide and input usage conscious, fertilizer and input usage conscious and seed and input usage conscious are 0.88, 0.096 and 0.19 respectively. Coefficient of determination value of the model has been found as 0.73. The effect of pesticide usage conscious is higher on input usage conscious of the farmer and seed usage conscious follows this. The effect is fertilizer usage conscious on input usage conscious of the farmer has been found insignificant.