Determination of consumption habits for fruit and vegetable products in Siirt province

This research was carried out in order to analyze the consumption preferences of households in Siirt Province and the factors affecting their consumption, to reveal the problems encountered in their consumption and to make some suggestions. The main material of our study was the data obtained from face-to-face surveys with households in Siirt's Central and Kurtalan districts. In our study, calculations were made on the basis of 90% confidence interval and 5% margin of error, and the number of households included in the scope was determined to be 271. Consumers; By asking basic questions such as age, gender, educational status, information about the population in the family, marital status, employment status, and technical questions about fruit and vegetables, current consumption habits and the current situation are presented, and solutions to the problems seen are presented as suggestions. As a result of our study, 85.3% of the consumers surveyed do not have any chronic illness, 93.7% regularly buy fruits and vegetables, 60.4% buy fruits and vegetables 2-3 times a week, 44% , 2 of them decided to buy fruit and vegetables together, 35.1% of them bought fruits and vegetables from the local markets. 62.2% of consumers consumed organic fruits and vegetables, 43.5% consumed fruits only in the evening, 52.4% consumed vegetables both at noon and in the evening, 91% consumed vegetables and fruits according to the season,% 90.7% did not consume frozen foods, 91.4% consumed fresh and raw fruits and vegetables, 30.8% kept vegetables as pickles, 45.8% kept fruits by making jam-marmalade, 69%, It was found that 5 of them poured fruit and vegetable boiled water. Keywords: Siirt, vegetables, fruits, consumption habits, logit analysis