Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Turkey

Turkish livestock sector plays very important role in the Turkish GDP and the use of manure affects the environment but the farming sector want the farmers to employ the use of more integrated manure practice. The study assessed the economic impacts of integrated manure and chemical fertilizer used...

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Main Authors: Yılmaz Hasan, Lauwers Ludwig, Buysse Jeroen, Van Huylenbroeck Guido
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Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, Romania 2019-06-01
Series:Present Environment and Sustainable Development
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description Turkish livestock sector plays very important role in the Turkish GDP and the use of manure affects the environment but the farming sector want the farmers to employ the use of more integrated manure practice. The study assessed the economic impacts of integrated manure and chemical fertilizer used and the manure management practices sustainable for Turkish agriculture. Turkey is dependent on foreign countries not only for energy but for chemical fertilizers raw materials. High price of chemical fertilizers is one of the negative impact, manure substitution will lead to stable macro-economy, and environmental friendly economy and agricultural productivity will also impacts. To achieve these impacts, some manure practices suitable for sustainable rural development in Turkey was assessed.
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spelling doaj.art-64e9a910b3cd4aafb429813c659b568a2022-12-21T19:31:25ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, RomaniaPresent Environment and Sustainable Development2284-78202019-06-0113124926310.2478/pesd-2019-0020pesd-2019-0020Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in TurkeyYılmaz Hasan0Lauwers Ludwig1Buysse Jeroen2Van Huylenbroeck Guido3Department of Agricultural Economics, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, 32260, Isparta, TurkeyDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000Gent, BelgiumDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000Gent, BelgiumDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000Gent, BelgiumTurkish livestock sector plays very important role in the Turkish GDP and the use of manure affects the environment but the farming sector want the farmers to employ the use of more integrated manure practice. The study assessed the economic impacts of integrated manure and chemical fertilizer used and the manure management practices sustainable for Turkish agriculture. Turkey is dependent on foreign countries not only for energy but for chemical fertilizers raw materials. High price of chemical fertilizers is one of the negative impact, manure substitution will lead to stable macro-economy, and environmental friendly economy and agricultural productivity will also impacts. To achieve these impacts, some manure practices suitable for sustainable rural development in Turkey was assessed.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pesd.2019.13.issue-1/pesd-2019-0020/pesd-2019-0020.xml?format=INTManure utilizationmanure managementeconomic assessmentsustainability
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Lauwers Ludwig
Buysse Jeroen
Van Huylenbroeck Guido
Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Turkey
Present Environment and Sustainable Development
Manure utilization
manure management
economic assessment
sustainability
title Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Turkey
title_full Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Turkey
title_fullStr Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Turkey
title_full_unstemmed Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Turkey
title_short Economic Aspects of Manure Management and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Turkey
title_sort economic aspects of manure management and practices for sustainable agriculture in turkey
topic Manure utilization
manure management
economic assessment
sustainability
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