Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Custos e Agronegocio, cilt.19, sa.2, ss.69-84, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
This study aims to determine the efficiency values and socio-economic factors that cause inefficiency in garlic production. The study was conducted in Kastamonu, in the province of Türkiye, where the most garlic is produced. According to 2022 data, the share of Kastamonu province in Türkiye's garlic production area and production quantity is 23.61% and 21.01%, respectively. The study determined 59 enterprises producing garlic using a simple random sampling method, and a questionnaire survey was conducted. The data obtained by the face-to-face survey method were analysed using the Data Envelopment Method. Tobit's analysis also determined socio-economic factors causing inefficiency. Technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency, allocation efficiency and economic efficiency values were calculated as 0.887, 0.962, 0.922, 0.490 and 0.436, respectively. These results show that enterprises producing garlic can obtain the same yield by using 11.3% fewer inputs and enterprises should reduce input costs by 56.4%. According to the results of the Tobit model, the factors that increase the efficiency of garlic production are that the garlic producer is young, the duration of his garlic experience is long, he has a non-agricultural income, his education level is high and the number of individuals in his household is low.