KARS İLİNDE ŞEKER PANCARI ÜRETİMİNİN BEŞERİ VE EKONOMİK ÖNEMİ, SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİĞİ.

Most of the Kars Province, located in the north-east of Turkey, is located on a plateau covered with volcanic materials with an average altitude of about 2000 meters. Due to the general morphological and geological features of the area, the winter is quite cold, snowy, the summers are cool and rainy and there is a hard continental climate. Therefore, more animal husbandry activities are being done instead of plant agriculture activities. Sugar beet production is mostly made in the rural settlements in the districts of Akyaka and Arpaçay in the northern part of the province. Sugar beet shows instability due to current agriculture, general sugar policies and changes in underlying natural factors, 24,700 tons of production has been made by 2015-2016 campaign year, and 381 families are continuing directly from sugar beet farming. Sugar beet produced by the company is evaluated in Kars Sugar Factory. 3506 tons of crystal sugar, 1176 tons of molasses and 10,394 tons of wet pulp were produced at the plant where about 400 employees were employed for 19 days in 2015-2016 production campaign period. In the province, sugar beet cultivation, transportation and sugar production provides a livelihood to 5000 people from economic as 800 families in total. Due to the instability that has occurred in sugar beet production for many years due to the difficult geographical conditions present, the sustainability of the production of sugar on the ground seems weak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]