ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION COST AND PROFITABILITY OF ANISE PRODUCTION IN BURDUR, TURKEY.

This study aimed to determine the socio-economic structure of farms producing anise and analyse the cost and profitability of anise production. The marketing structure has also changed with the changing trade and agricultural policies. As a result of these changes, price instability has been experienced in the anise market. Anise is an essential source of income in the research region. The research area is Burdur province because Burdur province has an important position in Turkey's anise production. The data were obtained by survey method from 159 anise farms. The production cost in anise production was determined as 739.33 TRY per unit area (Gross Production Value (GPV) 1,224.27 TRY, gross profit 635.38 TRY, and relative profit were 1.66. The Total Cost/GPV ratio was calculated as 0.60. In recent years, significant reductions in anise production in the region and increased cultivation areas in other provinces; fluctuations and volatility in anise producer prices substantially impacted these decreases. It is essential to provide anise-specific support and carry out extension activities about anise to producers through relevant institutions. To prevent price instability, institutions such as TEKEL and the TMO, which had a decisive influence on the anise market in previous years, were significant. It seems very difficult for such institutions to operate again. It is recommended that anise producers establish organisations to act together to eliminate the problems of anise producers and eliminate price instabilities specific to anise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]