The Role of Cattle Forage Production in Sustainable Cattle Breeding in Turkey through Spatial Statistical Methods

Kenan Göçer
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Kenan Göçer: Beykent University Hadim Koru Yolu Street Sisli Istanbul 34360 Turkey

Yildiz Social Science Review, 2017, vol. 3, issue 1, 23-34

Abstract: This study is aimed at determining the form of spatial organization that farmers have tried to meet sustainability conditions after the regulatory role of governments on the agricultural industry had been reduced due to financial crises. The roles of forage production on this spatial organization were determined using data from Turkey. The multivariate local indicators of spatial association technique was employed. It was observed that medium-scale enterprises that have 20 or more cattle are capable of meeting sustainability conditions more easily, and that small-scale enterprises have withdrawn from agriculture and changed locations. During the 2000-2010 period, the spatial dependence between livestock and forage crop production has become stronger. The production of forage with high cellulose content has become the indicator that possesses the spillover effect for the development of livestock production. Farmers adapted themselves to the economic crisis conditions by preferring cattle breeds with higher milk productivity and genetic quality.

Keywords: Geographical information systems; Livestock systems; Spatial autocorrelation; Sustainable agriculture, Self-sufficiencyJournal: Yildiz Social Science Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F00 F30 G00 G10 K00 K20 M00 M20 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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