Türkiye çiçekçilik endüstrisi için sürdürülebilir kalkınma stratejilerinin ve sürdürülebilir finansman mekanizmalarının değerlendirilmesi

Sustainability concept, which is mostly associated with environmental approaches, has evolved into policies under the title of sustainable development throughout the world, and has been transformed into an action plan that will cover the present and future generations by addressing the economic and social dimensions. It is clear that agriculture plays an important role in sustainability. Floriculture, which is one of the significant agriculture-based industries, maintain its importance for many countries with its commercial position. Although Turkey has significant advantages, it can be seen that it's not a major player in the global floriculture market. In addition, there are serious public debates for quite some time, about the decline in the agriculture. The aim of this study is to determine strategies for the sustainable development of the Turkish floriculture industry, and thereupon to evaluate these strategies and sustainable financing mechanisms together with their economic, environmental and socio-political dimensions. Within the scope of the study, we have identified sustainable development strategies that can be applied to the industry, with the help of a comprehensive Strength-Weakness-Opportunities-Threats analysis, where we highlight the current situation of the Turkish floriculture industry, and individual expert opinions. The Analytical Network Process model that we developed in line with our goal, makes it possible to evaluate the sustainable floriculture approach under benefits, opportunities, costs and risks merits. We believe that the criterion system that we have identified and results we obtained, will draw an applicable strategic road map on behalf of Turkish floriculture and other similar industries.