Author/Authors :
ŞAHİNLİ, Mehmet Arif Ankara Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness: Turkey Agriculture Sector
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to determine the competitiveness of the agricultural sector of Turkey in the international arena. For this analysis, food and agriculture trade data belong to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in for the years 2000 to 2011 were used. The Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCA) was calculated for the 601 agricultural items for Turkey. If RCA greater 1, 1th goods to the jth country shows that it has a comparative advantage. On the condition that only selected 78 agricultural items were founded over one value for RCA. According to these RCA index values, agricultural items were divided into two groups. Although the first group’s RCA values had range between 0 and smaller than 1, the second group’s RCA values had greater and equal to 1. It means that the higher RCA values correspond to the more stronger competitiveness. Namely, the strength of the second group’s competitiveness was better than the first group.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Revealed Comparative Advantage Index , Competitiveness , Turkey
JournalTitle :
Yuzuncu Yil University Journal Of Agricultural Sciences
