Analysis of Factors Affecting the Satisfaction Level of Producers from Machinery Equipment Support within the Scope of the IPARD Project in Çanakkale

Growing food need has brought up intensive approaches in agriculture to the agenda instead of extensive approaches depending on the growing population in the world and Turkey. The use of machinery in agriculture has become increasingly important in the intensive farming approach based on increasing productivity per unit of field and animal with technology in agriculture. This situation has brought up machinery and equipment purchase support to the agenda within the scope of both the national fund based and international fund based rural development projects in Turkey and have influenced its adoption as government policy. In this study, the factors affecting utilization of machinery and equipment purchase support in the scope of the IPARD Project and Diversification and Development of Farm Activities Program in Çanakkale Province were analyzed. The data were determined by random sampling and were obtained by survey from a total of 100 firms who benefited from and did not benefit from the support. Survey results were used to identify demographic indicators, business practices and agricultural assets of producers. In addition, the Logistics Regression has analyzed the factors that affect manufacturers' satisfaction with machine equipment support. As a result of the analysis carried out, the size of the land, the determination of the machinery equipment and the problem of living with the machine equipment have become meaningful in the positive direction.