Özet:

In this study, the change in the soil tillage and sowing machines, the number of tractors, agricultural mechanization level (kW, kW ha-1, tractor 1000ha-1, ha tractor-1), for the years 2013-2022 in Adana and Mersin provinces was determined and estimation projection was determined by the chaining index method for 2023-2032 years. The material of the study consists of soil tillage and sowing machines, two-axle tractors data and the total cultivated area data obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). For the province of Adana, while there was a decrease in the 11-24 BP, 25-34 BP and 35-50 BP power groups between 2013-2022, there was an increase in the 1-10 BP, 51-70 BP and >70 BP groups. The biggest increase was observed in the >70 BG group. For Mersin province, an increase was observed in all power groups between the years 2013-2022 throughout the province. While the total tractor power, average tractor power, tractor power per hectare (kW ha-1) and the number of tractors per thousand hectares (tractor 1000 ha-1) in Adana and Mersin provinces tend to increase over the years, the cultivated area per one tractor (ha tractor-1) value decreased. These values show that the mechanization level of these provinces has increased. Considering the change between 2013 and 2022 in Adana province, it was seen that the biggest increase was in rotary tiller (71.68%). In Mersin province, the biggest increase was observed in rotatillers (92.13%). Although the number of other sowing machines is higher in Adana province, the increase in the projection coefficient values was highest in the direct seeding machines (0.080). It is seen that producers are prone to switch to alternative methods that include activities that are less damaging to the agro ecosystem in addition to traditional tillage methods.

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