Coğrafi Bilimler Dergisi (Apr 2006)
ŞANLIURFA İLİNİN TARIMSAL YAPISI, SORUNLARI ve ÇÖZÜM ÖNERİLERİ
Abstract
The province of Şanlıurfa has more fertile lands (64.1%) comparing to the other agricultural lands in Turkey ( 36 %) and the lands in the GAP Region (43%, South-East Anatolian Project). Therefore the province is promising a rich and available situation in terms of having agricultural lands. However, when the province is analyzed in terms of using modern agricultural vehicles, as result of lack of not benefiting form the lands enough, it is seen that there are serious structural problems. In this study; the most important issues of the structural features such as agricultural features and geographical dispersion of the lands, irrigation situation, agricultural business structure, mechanization, using quality germs (seeds) using chemical fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, farmer organizations, capital, transportation and marketing are examined
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