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Journal of Applied Sciences, vol.6, no.15, pp.3052-3059, 2006 (Scopus)
Agriculture plays an important role in Turkey, both in social and economic terms. Subsistence and semi-subsistence farming is an important characteristic of the Turkish agriculture. These farms are typically characterized by low productivity and only a small fraction of production has been marketed. While the rate of agriculture in national income was 14.7% in 2000, this rate is declined to 10.7% in 2005. Turkey is endowed with rich natural and human resources, but it is still far from reaching full potential of agricultural growth because of the inefficient agricultural policies. The prevailing conditions in agriculture combined with the mismanagement in macro and agricultural policies prevented an overall structural transformation of the sector. The long-term objectives of agricultural policies obviously need to be the improvement of productivity in the sector. In this study, the recent changes and developments in agriculture sector in general economy, agricultural structure, land use, production and policies in Turkey are analyzed. In addition, problems and proposed solutions related to agricultural in Turkey are also presented. © 2006 Asian Network for Scientific Information.