True bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae, Coreidae and Acanthosomatidae) are very common pest species in hazelnut orchards. They cause quantity and quality problems by feeding on nuts. Main damage types of these pests are early ...

This study investigates production efficiency of hazelnut farmers located in the Carsamba Plain, Samsun-Turkey. A sample of 78 farmers was selected by a two-stage sampling process. Data Envelopment Analysis and Tobit ...

This research presents an analysis of agricultural information systems (AIS) and communication networks (CN) for organic and conventional hazelnut producers in Samsun province of Turkey. Structured interviews were used to ...

The aim of this research was to compare organic and conventional hazelnut producers, in terms of their socio-economic characteristics, production systems and economic performance. The main data were gathered with surveys ...

The purposes of this research were to compare the attitudes to risk of organic and non-organic hazelnut producers and to determine the additional barriers to their attitudes to risk in relation to conversion to organic ...

Understanding the economics of organic agriculture is crucial to Support of organic production by policy-makers and to facilitate producers converting their lands to organic production. The aim of this research was to ...