Examination of Changes in Production Decisions and Market Behavior of Cotton Farmers During the Economic Crisis; The Example of 2018 Türkiye Economic Crisis

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Türkiye is among the leading countries in the world with its developed textile industry and cotton production. The economic crisis that started in the country in 2018 escalated further with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and the country's crisis report card grew even bigger with the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes. The agricultural sector, which has a high dependency on foreign inputs, was negatively affected by this process and caused changes in the production decisions of producers. This study aims to reveal how the production processes of cotton farmers in the Harran plain, which represents the majority of cotton production in the country, were affected by the crisis. In the study, a face-to-face survey was conducted with 165 cotton farmers. Chi-square independence tests were used to test the relationship between the farmers' monitoring of input and product markets in the pre-crisis period and during the crisis and paired sample t-tests were used to analyze whether there was a relationship between the frequencies of monitoring input and product markets. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that there was a statistically significant increase (p