Investigation of the entrepreneurship trends of women, beneficiary and not beneficiary from young farmer project in Antalya

For many years Turkey has been supported in the agricultural sector with different policies. However, from time to time, there have been problems with the way, the amount and the time that these supports are delivered to the target group. In 2016, the "Young Farmer Project" was initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry so as to keep the young population between the ages of 18-40 living in rural areas and participating in agricultural activities as labor force in rural areas and supporting agricultural activities. It was determined that %60.7 of the farmers benefiting from the project in Antalya were women. Konyaalti, Aksu, Serik, Kepez, Dosemealti, Korkuteli and Elmalı have been selected as a research area in total. Accordingly, 100 face-to-face surveys were conducted with 100 women farmers who benefited and did not benefit from the Young Farmers Project between 2016-2017. Demographic characteristics of women, crop and animal production patterns, entrepreneurship tendencies and their opinions and thoughts about the project were presented. The data obtained were grouped according to the status of women benefiting from the project and not benefiting from the project. Mean, frequency, percentage distributions, cross tables and statistical analyzes were used in the analysis of the data. Accordingly, the average age of women was 31.2, the age of marriage was 19.9, the number of children was 2.2 and % 51 did not continue their education after primary education. %60 of women benefiting from the project and %82 of women not benefiting from the project could not define what entrepreneurship means. However, only one woman stated that the most important factors preventing a woman from becoming an entrepreneur are lack of capital, inexperience, fear of failure and lack of knowledge about business administration. %80 of the women benefiting from the project stated that they met the expectations of the project and % 20 did not.