The major objective of this study was to determine the priorities given by farmers to the previou... more The major objective of this study was to determine the priorities given by farmers to the previous selected goal statements and the factors which affect their decisions. Data of 2005 year was provided from 162 farmers settled in 10 villages in İzmir, Turkey. The goal priorities and the effective factors were determined using Fuzzy Pairwise Comparison and Logistic Regression Analyses, respectively. Fuzzy Pairwise Comparison Analysis showed that risk minimization had the highest ranking in farmers' preferences with weight of 0.53 followed by profit maximization with 0.48 weights among four selected goal statements. Logistics Regression Analysis indicated that farmers who tended to take higher risks were those who involved in crop production, and adopted contractual production and input storage strategies while risk averter farmers consisted of farmers who were susceptible to natural conditions and preferred crop diversification.
The main purposes of the study were to clarify the conceptual reference of environmental awarenes... more The main purposes of the study were to clarify the conceptual reference of environmental awareness and to investigate the relationship between some individual, socio-economic factors and awareness to environmental issues. In addition, the factors that affect the environmental awareness were also determined. Face to face interviews were done with 975 individuals 25 cities were chosen throughout Turkey, which means at least 2 cities from each region. The models were estimated by the ordered logistic regression. Environmental awareness were evaluated from the standpoints of water, air and soil. Among the pollution categories, people were mostly aware of the pollution in air. In policies related to converting sensitivity to environment to action the Turkish government and institutions should take into account gender, education, income, age, industrial city and number of information source.
The major objective of this study was to determine the priorities given by farmers to the previou... more The major objective of this study was to determine the priorities given by farmers to the previous selected goal statements and the factors which affect their decisions. Data of 2005 year was provided from 162 farmers settled in 10 villages in İzmir, Turkey. The goal priorities and the effective factors were determined using Fuzzy Pairwise Comparison and Logistic Regression Analyses, respectively. Fuzzy Pairwise Comparison Analysis showed that risk minimization had the highest ranking in farmers' preferences with weight of 0.53 followed by profit maximization with 0.48 weights among four selected goal statements. Logistics Regression Analysis indicated that farmers who tended to take higher risks were those who involved in crop production, and adopted contractual production and input storage strategies while risk averter farmers consisted of farmers who were susceptible to natural conditions and preferred crop diversification.
The main purposes of the study were to clarify the conceptual reference of environmental awarenes... more The main purposes of the study were to clarify the conceptual reference of environmental awareness and to investigate the relationship between some individual, socio-economic factors and awareness to environmental issues. In addition, the factors that affect the environmental awareness were also determined. Face to face interviews were done with 975 individuals 25 cities were chosen throughout Turkey, which means at least 2 cities from each region. The models were estimated by the ordered logistic regression. Environmental awareness were evaluated from the standpoints of water, air and soil. Among the pollution categories, people were mostly aware of the pollution in air. In policies related to converting sensitivity to environment to action the Turkish government and institutions should take into account gender, education, income, age, industrial city and number of information source.
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