مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - RURAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF DENIZLI PROVINCE IN RESPECT TO INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IPARD) OF THE EU

Abstract :

Since its founding in implementing the CAP and EU membership is engaged after a possible financial assistance for Member States to comply with the CAP. Especially, this financial assistance is Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) and the rural development component of IPA (IPARD) for all candidate countries between 2007-2013 by the EU. In Denizli IPARD program has been implemented since 2012 by TKDK. Rural development dynamics of Denizli province, which is the core of the study, were investigated socially, economically and physically through revealing the rural development potential of this province. To do this, primary data were obtained from 220 farm enterprises in 6 districts according to simple random sampling method. Face to face interviews resulted in 220 completed questionnaires. According to data analysis, average age of the respondents, average household and farm sizes were found 43.6, 4.2 and 7.73 ha respectively. 53.2% of all enterprises were poly-culture farms. 76.8% of the respondents stated that their main livelihood was agriculture and it was found that 54.5% were indebted due to their agricultural production activities. Average debt burden of the indebted enterprises were determined to be 38130 TRY. First three priority expectations of the farm operators from the government were cheap agricultural inputs, supportive grants for the projects and marketing the agricultural products at their real values. It was determined that broiler poultry production, medicinal and aromatic plant production, dairy cattle farming and local products (Serinhisar roasted chickpeas and travertine processing) would be the locomotive activities for rural development efforts in Denizli in near future. Rural tourism was also emphasized as a serious investment potential for the regional development.