Silifke İlçesi’nde Serada Domates Yetiştiren İşletmelerin Ekonomik Performansları ve Birim Ürün Maliyetleri

Abstract

Economic performance and unit product costs of plastic greenhouse farms involved in single or double cropping of tomatoes in Silifke district (Mersin) were investigated in this study. Average yield per decar in single crop oriented greenhouses was found to be 7500 kg In double crop oriented greenhouse farms average yield per decar in fall and spring harvests were determined as 7500 kg and 9000 kg respectively. Mean unit production cost of tomatoes in single crop oriented greenhouse farms was computed as 767.688 Turkish Liras (TL). In double crop oriented greenhouse farms, mean unit product costs of tomatoes were calculated as 594.351 TL and 431.416 TL/kg for fall and spring cropping respectively. Family labor was the most significant items of production costs followed by costs of fertilizers and pesticides. In single cropping family labor constituted 31,43% of mean production costs, while in double cropping the share of family labor was found as 25,76% in fall harvest and as 29,58% in spring harvest. Costs of fertilizers and pesticides comprised 10,48% and 9,36% of total production costs in single cropping. In double cropping these two items constituted 10,19% and 8,86% of unit production costs in fall and 5,92% and 10,17% of unit production costs in spring harvest respectively. Net Profit was found to be 226,6% higher in double crop oriented plastic greenhouse farms.