Compared costs of tobacco planting by hand and machine in central province of Samsun
2003
Kilic, O. | Cinemre, H.A.(Ondokuz Mayis Univ., Faculty of Agriculture, Samsun (Turkey). Div. of Agricultural Economics)
Labour saving through using planting machine in tobacco production and its effect on production costs have been explored in central province of Samsun. The bulk of the data gathered from households, which produce tobacco by using survey techniques. The data belongs to 2001-2002 production period. It has been found that 413 hours of labour is needed if tobacco is planted by hand compared to planting by machine which takes 376 hours per decare. Thirty-seven hours of labour was saved when tobacco was planted by machine. On the other hand, 2 more machine hours is needed when tobacco is planted by machine. Total cost of production per decare is 336 million when tobacco is planted by hand compared to 311 million when it is planted by machine. Production cost by hand is almost 8 percent higher than production by machine. It has been concluded that production by hand in tobacco production saves labour
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