Productivity analysis of different farm types in Yüreğir plain in Adana

The purpose of this study is to determine farm types located in Yüreğir plain in Adana and to compare productivity indicators of farm types with each other.The farm types in the survey area were classified according to products which have more than 50% Gross Production Value in the total Gross Production Value of farms. According to this classification, personal interview were made on 91 farms in 4 different farm types.Socio-economic structure, financial structure, economic analysis and productivity levels of farms were analyzed and compared with each other. For this purpose, analysis of variance was made to test whether average values are different from each other statistically.Productivity analyses were made to determine level of success of production factors used in different farm types. Productivity rates were measured for land, labor and capital. As a result, it was found that the most productive farms from the point of view of land productivity is citrus farms; the most productive farms from the point of view of labor productivity is cereals farms and the most productive farms from the point of view of capital productivity is water melon farms.