Econometric Analysis of Factors Affecting the Buying or Selling Agricultural Lands

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the factors affecting the purchase or sale of agricultural lands in certain neighborhoods in the Dulkadiroğlu district of Kahramanmaraş province and the degree of influence of these factors. For this, a study was conducted by obtaining data from the parcel owners in the determined neighborhoods. As a result of the data obtained from the land owners in the areas determined with the help of the questionnaire, a model was established about the factors that affect the purchase or sale of agricultural lands, what kind of benefit or loss it has in the purchase or sale of agricultural lands, and the dependent variable in this model is the independent variables. The econometric test was determined using the Engle Granger two-stage estimation method to reveal the relationship between In line with the answers given by all landowners who participated in the purchase and sale survey, on all lands: 69.68% of the surveyed farmers have tractors and equipment, 94.95% of them have irrigated and flat lands, the number of crops planted is 9, the nearest settlement The average distance to the area is 19 km, and the land purchase or sale prices were determined by a survey. According to the estimation results, the factors that are effective in the purchase and sale of land determined in the survey are the factors whose degree of influence is stated: When purchasing land; 62.54% is the existence of a land investment relationship, 14.74% is the relationship between heirs, 12.35% is livestock activities and 10.35% is the transition from the treasury to private property. 39.57% of land expropriation, 38.25% of financial insufficiency, 8.70% of relations between heirs, 6.06% of immigration, 5.80% of abandonment of agriculture and 1.58% of changes in land productivity affected land owners.