Overview of Turkish Agriculture and Future Prospects in the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study analyses implication of COVID- 19 pandemics in the agricultural sector of Turkey. In the study taken measures in the sector are considered. The focus of the paper is twofold. The first objective is to take a glance at COVID 19, how it started, and how affected sectors or businesses. This aim supported by the literature review which is getting a shape recently, on the grounds founded papers were limited. It can be seen that generally all countries suffered from the same problems apart from the countries sectors have problems in common. Lastly, we tried to focus on the agricultural sector especially in Turkey and we presented precautions taken agricultural sector in Turkey. In addition to this to the objective, we tried to synthesize all our findings and present suggestions in case this process prolonged. The originality of the paper comes from it is the first study that draws a general outline for Turkey’s agricultural sector considering the pandemic.

COVID-19 Pandemi sürecinde Türk Tarımı ve Gelecek Beklentilerine Genel Bakış

Bu çalışma, COVID-19 salgınının Türkiye'deki tarım sektöründeki etkilerini ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada sektörde alınan önlemler dikkate alınmıştır. Bu çerçevede incelenen tedbirler, pandeminin başlangıç noktasında alınan tedbirler ve tedbirler sonucunda sektörün nasıl etkilendiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Pandemi ile birlikte etkilerin tam olarak ortaya çıkmaması nedeniyle bazı öngörüler sınırlı düzeyde kalmaktadır. Bu çerçevede salgının etkileri gıda güvenliği, işçi temini, işletmelerin pandemi sürecinde dirençleri ve sürdürülebilirlikleri hususları tarımsal desstekleme politikaları ve arazi bankacılığı ve diğer uygulamalar açısından incelenmiştir.

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