Hasan ÇİÇEK, Murat TANDOĞAN, Yavuz CEVGER

Socio-economic factors affecting the level of adoption of innovations in dairy cattle enterprises

Bu araştırma, Afyonkarahisar’da süt sığırcılığı faaliyetinde bulunan işletmelerin bazı yenilikleri benimseyip uygulamasında etkili olan sosyo-ekonomik faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Mayıs 2006’da tabakalı rastgele örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 80 adet işletmeden anket yoluyla elde edilen verilere ki-kare testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırmada, 1-10 baş hayvana sahip işletmeler küçük, 11-35 baş hayvana sahip olanlar orta ve 36 ve üzeri hayvana sahip olanlar da büyük ölçekli olarak değerlendirilmiştir. İncelenen işletmelerin yaklaşık %12’si düşük, %65’i orta ve %23’ü de yüksek düzeyde yenilikleri benimser olarak bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak işletme büyüklüğü (p

Süt sığırcılığı işletmelerinde yeniliklerin benimsenme düzeyine etkili sosyo-ekonomik faktörler

This research was conducted to determine the socio-economic factors which are effective in helping dairy cattle enterprises to adopt some innovations in Afyonkarahisar. The data acquired from questionnaires of 80 randomly selected enterprises were analyzed with chi-square test in May 2006. Enterprises those have 1-10, 11-35 and more than 35 cattle were classified as small, medium and high scale, respectively. It was found that 12% of enterprises adopt innovations at low level, 65% of them at medium level and 23% of them at high level. Consequently, a parallel relationship was determined between adopting innovations and the scale of the enterprises (p

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