A Study on Growing Conditions of Potato in Erciş District of Van Province

Authors : Murat TUNÇTÜRK, Kasım ŞAHİN, Tamer ERYİĞİT

Pages : 49-54

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Publication Date : 2007-08-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Twenty-eight potato producers were interviewed in a sitratified random sampling methods at Erciş district of Van where potato has been heavily produced. The average occupational year of producers in potato production is 19,8. All of the potato seeds have been purchased from the merchants. It was determined that potato farmers had used the same seeds for 3,8 years. While the most of the produce insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(78,6 %); have sown the potato seeds in May, some of them insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(21, 4 %); have preferred the month of April. The average seed weight used for the potato producer is 57,4 g. Potato farmers have irrigated their crops about 7,3 times in a production season and have harvested the crop mainly in October. Harvested potatoes have been stored in mass and then sold nearby towns or neighbors but mainly to the merchants. It was determined that average potato yield at Erciş had realized as 31446 kg ha-1. According to the survey’s results, it was found that the more experienced farmers became, the more yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(34750 kg ha-1); they obtained; the older seed they used, the less yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(27180 kg ha-1); they obtained; the larger seed they used, the more yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(35100 kg ha-1); they obtained; the smaller seed they used, the less yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(23720 kg ha-1); they obtained; the highest yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(33890 kg ha-1); was obtained when they irrigated the potato 7 times.
Keywords : Patates üretimi, tarımsal işletmecilik, işletme sorunları