Economic Analysis of Plum Production in Izmir Province, Turkey

Abstract

Plum ranks third in the world in stone fruit production after olives and peaches. In Turkey,plum production comes after olive, apricot, peach, cherry and cherry production. Turkey is among theimportant plum producing countries of the world. Izmir province has a high potential in terms of climateand geographical features in terms of fruit growing. Leading plum production regions are the MediterraneanRegion, the Aegean region, the Marmara Region and the Central Anatolia Region. In the last 10 years,plum production increased by 113.34% and reached 11,373 tons in Izmir. It has been determined that plumproduction and area will increase in the next five years. Within the scope of the research, cost and profitabilityof plum production for 2018 were calculated in Izmir province. The data of this paper is derived from IzmirDirectorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry. Total production costs are determined as 4215.74 US$ha-1 and variable costs as 1496.88 US$ ha-1. Net profit per decare in plum cultivation was calculated as 816.82US$ ha-1, relative profit 1.19 and unit plum cost was calculated as 0.44 US$ ha-1.