Determination of Agricultural Mechanization Level; Kırşehir-Çiçekdağı Case

Abstract

Agricultural mechanization includes the design, production, development, marketing, publication and training, operation and use of all energy sources, mechanical tools and equipment used to develop agricultural areas, to carry out all kinds of agricultural production and to process the products (Zeren et al., 1995). Determining the level of agricultural mechanization using agricultural mechanization indicators is of importance in revealing the agricultural mechanization levels of regions and countries. In this study, the agricultural mechanization characteristics of Çiçekdağı district of Kırşehir province were examined. In the study, the data of Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) for the years 2023 and 2024 and the data obtained from Çiçekdağı District Agriculture Directorate were used as material. In this context, the number of agricultural tools and machinery (number of tractors, number of combine harvesters, number of first and second class soil tillage tools and machines, number of sowing-planting and maintenance machines, number of plant protection machines and number of harvesting-threshing machines) of Çiçekdağı district were also included in the study. Mechanization level; The number of tractors, combines and agricultural implements was determined and the indicators of the level of agricultural mechanization were determined as tractor/1000 ha, ha/tractor, kW/ ha and average tractor power (kW). According to the data, the number of tractors increased from 35.97 to 38.74 per 1000 ha, while the land area per tractor decreased from 27.79 ha to 25.81 ha. While the power per tractor increased from 2.49 kW/ha to 2.68 kW/ha, the average tractor power remained constant at 69 kW.