Abstract
The agricultural population in Turkey declines year by year due to rural-urban migration and, consequently, the number of young farmers is on the decrease in Turkey, like in some developed countries. The Young Farmer Grant Project was launched for encouraging young people in rural areas in 2016. This study was conducted to determine the tendency of the youth who study agriculture to invest in agriculture and their opinions and suggestions on the Young Farmer Grant Project. Data was collected by the survey from 480 students who studied agriculture at Ege University and Kocaeli University. Five-point Likert scale was used to determine the opinions, tendencies and expectations of the students. At this stage, chi-square tests and analysis of variance were also applied. Logistical regression was performed for determining of factors affecting the probability of students benefiting from the Young Farmer Grant Project. According to results of logistical regression, age, the situation of being a farmer in the family and having a family-owned farmland positively affect the probability of students benefiting from the Young Farmer Grant Project.
Highlights
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expects the world’s population to reach 9 billion in the 30 years and, in parallel with the population growth, food demand is predicted to increase
Of all students who had been working, those between the ages of 19 and 21 had the highest proportion (43.52%). The students of both Ege University (EU) and Kocaeli University (KOU) were asked to define their economic condition, and 173 said “I can only afford the basic needs” (36.04%), 115 said “I can buy most of what I want” (23.96%), and 105 said “I live in prosperity” (21.87%), respectively. 37 students said “I cannot afford the basic needs”, with the lowest share of 7.71%
For the purpose of determining the agricultural students’ opinions on, and expectations from, the Young Farmer Grant Project, they were first asked from which source they had heard about the Project
Summary
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expects the world’s population to reach 9 billion in the 30 years and, in parallel with the population growth, food demand is predicted to increase. The increase in the number of applicants indicates that it is possible to increase agricultural employment by supporting young people It is of great importance for the future that studies are conducted to enhance the opportunities for agricultural employment and rural youth development in agricultural policies both in Turkey and all over the world. In this respect, the young people who have received agricultural education should be guided for economic and social development as well as agricultural sustainability. The most suitable estimation technique is maximum likelihood, where the maximum likelihood coefficient is consistent and symptotically normally distributed (Bierens, 2004)
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