Analysis of effective factors on information sources at Turkish Oregano farms

KÖKSAL Ö., GÜNEŞ E., Ozer O. O., ÖZDEN M.

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.142-149, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.142-149
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Oregano, Turkey, farms, information sources, multiple correspondences, ESSENTIAL OILS, ORIGANUM-VULGARE, ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY, GEOGRAPHIC-VARIATION, LAMIACEAE, GREECE
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Oregano (Origanum spp.), culinary herb, is getting more popular because of its health benefits and extensive usage area. Besides Mexico, Greece, Israel, Albania and Morocco, Turkey is also one of the main countries involved in production and export of oregano. Generally oregano is widely grown in Aegean Region of Turkey. This research was carried out to determine the effective factors based on production, structure of farms and information sources on commercial oregano production. For this reason, surveys were conducted on 35 producers in this region, which showed that small farm structure is functional for oregano production in the region. Additionally, it was revealed that decision and appropriation of producers to grow oregano mostly depend on some traditional information sources like fellow farmers, relatives and personal experiences. Multiple correspondence analysis was used to determine how producers access information sources which were under the influence of farm land, cooperative membership and oregano share in income.