Socio-economic status of kiwi growing companies in Kastamonu province

In this research, socio-economic structure of kiwi growing enterprises in Kastamonu region and the problems faced by producers in the production and marketing stages were tried to be determined. Data collected from face to face surveys conducted with 77 producers of kiwi in 19 districts of Kastamonu province (İnebolu, Abana, Bozkurt, Çatalzeytin, Doğanyurt, Cide) were collected and analyzed in 2019. According to the latest data in Kastamonu province, 77 farmers produce kiwis in economic terms in an area of 213 decameters. Most of the producers were in the middle age productivity age and they had primary school graduates and nuclear family structure. It is seen that most of the business owners have retirement income and credit usage is low. It has been determined that most of the enterprises do not have agricultural insurance against frost, hail etc. natural disasters. Due to the storage problem in the region in general, it was determined that the producers sold kiwi during the period. It has been determined that producers receive agricultural supports such as diesel oil, fertilizer, sapling and plant installation. The proliferation of kiwi production areas in terms of exploiting the available treasury lands in the region may hope the producers. With the establishment of the kiwi producer cooperative in the region, it may enable issues such as reduction of input costs as well as problems such as marketing and storage.