Optimum Support Policy Component for the Development of Agricultural Production: Potato Producer

Yavuz Taşcıoğlu, Mevlüt Gül, Metin Göksel Akpınar (), Bahri Karlı, Bektaş Kadakoğlu, Bekir Sıtkı Şirikçi, Musa Acar and Hilal Yılmaz
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Yavuz Taşcıoğlu: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Akdeniz University, 07059 Antalya, Turkey
Mevlüt Gül: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, 32200 Isparta, Turkey
Metin Göksel Akpınar: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Akdeniz University, 07059 Antalya, Turkey
Bahri Karlı: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, 32200 Isparta, Turkey
Bektaş Kadakoğlu: Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, 32200 Isparta, Turkey
Bekir Sıtkı Şirikçi: Yozgat Vocational Schools, Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance, Yozgat Bozok University, 66100 Yozgat, Turkey
Musa Acar: Eskil Vocational School, Aksaray University, 68800 Aksaray, Turkey
Hilal Yılmaz: Eastern Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute Directorate, 01375 Adana, Turkey

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: The present study aimed to determine the optimum policy component in an example of potato cultivation development based on the principle of the efficient use of scarce resources and maximizing the benefit of the producer. Agricultural support policies are commonly implemented by adopting a top-down approach. Regarding benefit maximization at the target group level, policies for agricultural products should be determined with a bottom-up approach. In this manner, in the present study, potato producers were determined to be the target group. Therefore, this study investigated the policy component that provides the highest benefit in line with the demands, expectations, and tendencies of the target group. The micro-data obtained from the potato-growing enterprises operating in provinces where potato cultivation was intensively carried out within the scope of Turkey constituted the research data. A face-to-face survey technique was used as the method for collecting the producer data. Simple descriptive statistics and one of the multivariate analysis techniques, conjoint analysis, were applied in the analysis and evaluation of the data. The optimum policy component setup was determined to be “Price and Payment Support: Above Market Price and 2 months term, Support Area and Amount: to production, 25.47 USD/da (23.04 EUR/da), time of announcement for the supports: pre-planting, and producer’s declaration: I do (I declare)” for the potato product. Accordingly, the necessity of a bottom-up approach in the planning and implementation of an agricultural support policy in Turkey is explained based on the results obtained. Therefore, it is considered necessary and beneficial to measure the level of producer benefits on the focus of applications that encourage potato production.

Keywords: agriculture; potato; producer; support policy; conjoint analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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