Production Cost of Sugar Beat in Erzurum Province

In

Turkey, it was harvested the <st1:metricconverter productid="5459 kg" w:st="on">5459

kg</st1:metricconverter> sugar beet per da by producing the sugar beet at

about 3.29 million da area in 2010 years. The leader provinces in the

production of the sugar beet was Konya, Yozgat, Aksaray, Kayseri, Eskişehir,

Tokat, Afyon, Karaman, Sivas and Ankara. However, <st1:city w:st="on">Erzurum</st1:city>

in its production was listed in order 27th related to its production

area and 28th related to its production amount in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Turkey</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The

production area of sugar beet in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Erzurum</st1:place></st1:city>

was ​​29400 da covering Pasinler with 42% and Koprukoy with 38% of the

cultivated areas. Therefore, in the study, Pasinler and Koprukoy constituted

the scope of the research area related to the cultivated production area. The

cost of the sugar beet and its total revenues is aimed to analyze by being used

the data obtained from total 75 farms producing the sugar beet including eight

villages and 61 farms in Pasinler and two villages and 14 farms. According to

the results of the study; the rate of the variable cost in the production cost

of the sugar beet was calculated as 81%, and the fertilizer and irrigation

water amount from variable inputs, and soil preparation, labor used for the

harvesting and threshing were applied more than normal levels, and thus they

led its yield to be much lower. Therefore, its production cost per kg was

calculated as 0.125 TL, and its price was determined as 0.12 TL. As a result of

this; since the production cost exceeded the total GVP, net benefit per da was

found as -7.45 TL. According to the findings; the cost minimization could

provide by being determined the technical and economic effectiveness levels

related to the scarce sources usage of the farms. GVP could be increased by

determining the reel buying prices for manufacturer and by being improved the

agricultural policies applied for the sugar beet. Then, the farms could gain

the maximum income at some scale, and they could transfer them to the

investments, and thus they may reach to the competitive farm structures by

means of the effective investment tools.