THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE INSURANCE IN TURKEY AND ITS EFFECTS
TÜRKİYE’DE TARIM SİGORTACILIĞININ GELİŞİMİ VE YARATTIĞI ETKİLER

Author : Abdullah ÖZDEMİR -- Gülay BAYLAN
Number of pages : 89-115

Abstract

Agricultural sector is the most important sector for the continuousness of human life. For this reason, meeting the needs of world’s rapidly increasing population such as nutrition and harboring and minimizing the possible risks are possible with the development of agricultural sector. When informing about the risk system of a country’s agricultural sector, insurance business comes in sight as an important concept for these risks to be cleared. In this direction, the main purpose of the thesis study is for introducing the development of agriculture insurance in Turkey and its effects. Within the study, determining the risks agricultural sector comes across and minimizing these risks are targeted. According to the results of SWOT analysis done within the study, strengths of the agricultural sector in Turkey are; the farm lands are controlled by TARSİM due to the production potential and vast variety of products of wide agricultural estates, and also, the intervention in case any kind of possible risk is being centrally provided. The blind sides of the agricultural sector are; the farm lands are sectional, for this reason, the farmers do no check in because of their being uninformed about the insurance issue. When examining the opportunities of sector; Turkey has on the ball in the matter of agricultural feasibility thanks to its geopolitical location, the manufacture of products which are aimed at the home demand and foreign demand is enhanced, and, the country is ensuring the necessary contribution support for the productivity growth. When the threats targeting the agricultural sector are considered; nonbeing of young population to do agriculture in consequence of qualified inhabitants’ migration from country side to urban areas, farmers’ being abstaining towards the supports shown to them about the issue of risks in the farm lands, and finally, causing the system to slow down.

Keywords

Agricultural Sector, Agricultural Risk Management, Agriculture Insurance, TARSİM

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