General Characteristics of Konya Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Industry.

A survey was conducted in this study to determine the general characteristics of the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry in the Konya region. To achieve this, 50 enterprises of various scales, considered representative of the sector, were selected and included in the study. When evaluating the enterprises based on size, it was found that 52% of them were small-scale enterprises. The average age of business owners is 53 years, with 35 years of industry experience, and 47% of them have primary school education. While a total of 1204 workers are employed in the enterprises participating in this study, there is an average of 24.5 workers per enterprise. Of the total personnel, 78.3% consisted of workers, followed by engineers with an average of 5.5%, accountants with 5.3%, marketers with 5% and technicians with 4%. Only 34% of enterprises cooperate with KOSGEB and 8% with TUBITAK in R&D and P&D activities. In addition, it was determined that 18% received consultancy from universities. Present findings shed light on the developments in the sector as well as understanding the situation of agricultural machinery manufacturing industry enterprises in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]