karaturhan, buket ege university - agricultural faculty - department of agricultural economics, İzmir, Turkey , uzmay, ayşe ege university - agricultural faculty - department of agricultural economics, İzmir, Turkey , koç, gökçe ege university - agricultural faculty - department of agricultural economics, İzmir, Turkey

Factors Affecting the Probability of Rural Women s Adopting Organic Farming On Family Farms in Turkey

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The study has three main objectives as; designating the factors affecting the probability of rural women s adopting/not adopting organic farming; rating Aydin their knowledge on organic farming and defining their practices; making recommendations on how to expand organic farming. The study was conducted in the province of Aydin, where the number of organic farmers are the highest in Turkey, and 91 women were interviewed. In designating the factors affecting the probability of rural women s adopting/not adopting organic farming, the Logistic Regression model was used. According to the results of the model, factors such as; whether farming runs in the family; education level; number of children in the family; individual s actual participation in farming practices; taking part in professional trainings; following development projects oriented in women; being oen-minded towards innovations; individual s being close to her ideal life achievements; having conceptive knowledge on organic farming; and whether the individual has/has not a personal income affect the probability of adopting organic farming. While 60.4% of women are adopting to organic farming in their family farm, but only 42% are fully aware of the definition of organic farming. 50.5% of the women participate in the decision-making process with their husband. 78% of the women who participated in the survey want to do organic agriculture in the future. In this respect, increasing the professional courses given to the women, supporting the women for becoming entrepreneurs, increasing the knowledge level of them by means of the extension activities and memberships to cooperatives have significant importance.

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Organic farming , rural women , logit model , Aydin

The Journal Of Ege University Faculty Of Agriculture

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