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Sustainability Organic Agriculture and Livestock Production with Respect to European Union in Eastern Anatolia and East Black Sea Regions

Aksakal, Vecihi; Hasimioğlu, Sümer; Bayram, Bahri; Dellal, Gürsel; Erdogan, Yasar; Altun, Hilal Ürüşen and Cengiz, M. Murat (2016) Sustainability Organic Agriculture and Livestock Production with Respect to European Union in Eastern Anatolia and East Black Sea Regions. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 4, pp. 1024-1030.

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Summary

The majority of farm households in Turkey and especially the Eastern Anatolia are still based on low-input semi subsistence agriculture and livestock production. Despite a slow decline in recent years, agriculture and livestock production remains a major employer in Turkey and it is a significant contributor to the country’s gross domestic product, GDP. Whist Turkey is one of the EU candidate countries, is self sufficient in food production and Turkish agriculture is poorly structured inefficient, with farming in the Eastern Anatolia being mainly subsistence farming. Yet, these traditional rural structures combined with poor access to low level of education and low level of off-farm unemployment problem makes the situation more complicated and unsustainable. The best way to promote sustainability, better and higher production of Eastern Anatolian and rural Turkey is to invest in the local people, villages through improved, continuing and effective agricultural and livestock programs in particular. Investment in human capital especially in the rural areas leads to more employment opportunities through entrepreneurship and innovation in organic agriculture and livestock production. A holistic approach to developing and improving supply chains could unlock the potential for sophisticated, state-of-the-art organic agriculture and livestock producers and businesses in the region to become EU and global players. Eastern Anatolian livestock producers and the farmers have the ambitions to take part in future progress because the region is naturally organic not by design but default. It is for sure that present potential of the region has not been fully determined and utilized. EU has greatly benefited from previous enlargements economically, politically and socially. When European Union (EU) and Turkish Government relations considered and accession of Turkey to EU would be the logical consequence of the previous accessions. The screening on chapter 11 (Agriculture and rural development) is one of the important criteria and Turkey is working on to meet these benchmarks.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Organic Agriculture Livestock Farmers Rural Development Eastern Anatolian
Subjects: Animal husbandry
Research affiliation: Turkey > Other Organizations
Turkey
ISSN:2148-127X
Deposited By: VURAL, Dr. Aysen ALAY
ID Code:31214
Deposited On:20 Feb 2017 07:42
Last Modified:20 Feb 2017 07:42
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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