Decision making analysis of cotton producers via Edinburgh scale

Cotton is one of the strategic and important agricultural products for Turkey. But cotton harvested area decrease year by year in Turkey. The main purpose of the study is to determine the factors affecting on farmers decisions of cotton production. In addition, purposes of farmers, their thoughts about agricultural policies and returning to cotton producing in locations where cotton production decreased. The main material of the study is the datum obtained from face to face survey conducted with farmers all across production areas. Reliability Analysis and Edinburgh Scale were used for analysing the data. According to the results, the main objective of the manufacturer to obtain the highest profit and improve their living standards. Producer thinks they can get it with government supporting and best producing. At the end of the study, with determination of factors in decision making process for product grown by farmers, agricultural policies was thought to be applied more effectively and could be helpful to develop macro policies.