Abstract:

This research was conducted in order to investigate the structure and current status of the livestock farming enterprises in the Iğdır province. The survey included 162 business owners in the form of questions and answers. The data were analyzed by the 2 (ki-quare) test, given in the form of percentage values. The average age of entrepreneurs is 44.9±1.0; the average age of entrepreneurs is 86.5±5.7 hectares; the average age of entrepreneurs is 74.8±4.1 hectares; the average age of entrepreneurs is 11.7±3.8 hectares; the average age of entrepreneurs is 86.5±5.7 hectares. The average cattle per enterprise is 20.9±1.3 heads. 84,0% of farmers have traditional and 16.0% are modern, 88,3% of the farmers own are closed-linked, while the rest are open-free and semi-open, 3.7% and 8% respectively. They have a number of kinds of grapes. It is estimated that 53.7 per cent of farmers in the area’s shelter construction used concrete (cotton, etc.), 31.5 per cent of stone + stone, 12.4 per cent of stone and 2.4 per cent of stone. 74.1% of farmers have registered and 25.9% have not registered. 82.1% of farmers are registered in an animal organization. In, 54.3 percent of the supply is made by hand supply machine, 38.3 percent by hand supply unit, 1.9 percent by hand supply unit and 5.6 percent by hand supply machine. It is estimated that 80.8 percent of the breasts are cleaned in. As a result, it has been determined that farmers have sufficient knowledge and land in the care and nutrition of animals. Therefore, farmers should be encouraged to build modern livestock farms.

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