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The main objective of this study is to determine the economical and social reasons of farmers’ behaviors concerning the decrease in the area of cotton plantations in Izmir, Turkey. To do so, 84 cotton growers were interviewed in the province of Izmir.According to the results of the study, the cost variable in the cotton farms investigated was calculat ed as: €1,446.6 ha -1 ; gross margin, €524.4 ha -1 , and the yield, 4 ,018 kg ha -1 . In the studied area, 44 % decrease in the areaofcottonplantationswasobservedin2006comparedtotheyear2000.Accordingtothefarmers,someofthemost important reasons for the decrease in the area of cotton plantations are the decrease (55%) in the producer prices and theincreaseinthecosts(36%)ofgrowingcotton.Thepossibilityofgivingup/notgivingupcottonproductionisaffect ednegativelybythesocialvariableoftheeducationlevelofthefarmer,butthecottongrowingexperienceofthefarmer, and the farmer’s family size, affect the possibility positively.As for the structural /economical variables, farm size neg atively affects the possibility but satisfaction from premiums and gross margin have positive effects . Farmers also demand a 90 % increase in the premiums and state that they will give up growing cotton unless there are enough subsi dies. Inthissituation,itturnsoutthattopreventdecreasesintheareaofcottonplantations,itisnecessarytolowerpro duction costs and provide price stability, along with long term policies consistent with other crops, through which sub sidies are determined prior to the season. Additional key words: cotton, farmers’ behaviors, gross margin analysis, logit model.

Farmers’ behaviors regarding the decrease in the area of cotton