Determining the Attitudes of Farmers Engaged in Livestock Production Towards the Contracted Production Model: An Analysis of Risks, Expectations, and Sustainability | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 January 2024 PDF (427.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| Author | ||
| Ferda Nur Özdemir* | ||
| Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Erzurum, Türkiye | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The transition of small-scale farmers from traditional production methods to contract farming (CF) 22 enhances the potential for increased profits. By offering higher profits to producers, contract farming encourages greater product diversity and provides the opportunity to grow more valuable products. The primary objective of this study is to identify what kind of contract farming model producers are likely to adopt for their continued production. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used as a methodology in the study. In the region, 70% of producers utilize female animals for fattening purposes. It was found that 73.2% of producers lack knowledge about contract farming. In production contracts, livestock operators prioritized price guarantees at 26.4%, cash prices at 24.8%, livestock supply at 21.2%, input support at 12.5%, 30 advance payments at 10.3%, and organized production at 4.8%. If contract farming is to be implemented in the region, policymakers should prioritize price guarantees in the model, ensuring that these guarantees are not set below the market price. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sustainable Production; Contract Production; Analytical hierarchy process; Livestock Breeding; policy | ||
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