ISSN 2375-0693
African Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development ISSN 2375-0693 Vol. 7 (5), pp. 001-005, May, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Determination of the effective factors on organic olive cultivation decision
I.Coşkun Ceylan*, Emine Olhan and Özdal Köksal
Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, 06110 Diskapi Ankara, Turkey.
Accepted 12 March, 2019
Abstract
This research has been carried out to determine effective factors on decision making behavior for organic olive cultivation in the İzmir, Aydin and Çanakkale provinces where organic olive production is done intensively. Logistic regression method has been used for the determination of effective factors on decision making behavior of organic olive cultivation. Whether making or not making organic olive cultivation was considered as a dependent variable; individual characteristics, farm holding characteristics and sources of information were considered as independent variables in the model. It has been found that of individual characteristics (income), (type of land ownership) and of farm holding characteristics (machinery assets) are the significant factors on decision making for organic olive cultivation. The other significant factors are economic and environmental reasons in the model. It has been calculated that, the probability for farmers who use formal information sources to make organic olive cultivation is 333 times higher than that of the farmers who use informal information sources.
Key words: Organic olive cultivation, decision making, logistic regression.