The recent status of Turkish mechanized farming towards the integration process of the European union

Abstract

This study was carried out in order to reveal the agricultural mechanization potential of Turkey, who has been trying to integrate with the EU to establish the current problems in agricultural mechanization and to find permanent solutions to those problems. In this study, the recent agricultural mechanization data and the values regarding the mechanization index are compared to the ones of the member states and candidate states of the European Union. A significant structural variation has been observed in Turkey's agriculture however the current agriculture and mechanization potential is much better than many candidate states to be integrated with the EU Generally, the data regarding the western regions of Turkey are higher than the ones belonging to the member states of the EU and the candidate states if you consider the situation in the mechanization process. © 2007 Academic Journals.