Taking long-term threats on food supply and safety, effects of Covid-19 pandemic on nutritional habits of consumers were investigated in this study. Consumers living in Yeşilyurt district of Tokat province in 2021 constituted the primary material of the present study. Simple random sampling method was used in selection of the sample size and 162 people participated into face-to-face interviews. Changes in food consumption habits of consumers before and after the pandemic were investigated. Present findings revealed an increase in monthly food expenditures of consumers during the pandemic period. About 45% of the participating consumers stated that their nutrition levels were affected during the pandemic period. The variables that had the highest positive correlation with the nutritional effects after Covid-19 pandemic were identified as consumption of dietary supplements (vitamins, etc.) and medicinal-aromatic plants after the pandemic. Path analysis was applied to survey findings and the variables with the greatest direct effects on nutritional level of the consumers after Covid-19 pandemic were identified as change in winter preparations (88.88%), monthly fruit consumption (84.59%) and monthly meat consumption (83.44%).
The aim of this research is to determine the agricultural insurance status of hazelnut producers in Bulancak District of Giresun Province and to determine some factors affecting the insurance of hazelnut. It has been discussed with 138 producers. In the hazelnut production areas in the Research Area, product losses are frequently encountered due to frost, hail and wind. 97.83% of the hazelnut producers included in the research were faced with natural disasters and suffered losses. 84.78% of the producers have information about agricultural insurance, but most (60.87%) do not have agricultural insurance. In this research, the factors effective in taking out agricultural insurance were tested with binary logit analysis. The factors that are likely to be effective in the insurance of producers are; The size of the land owned by the producers, annual agricultural income, risk of permanent catastrophe and high costs.
Üretim, yaşadığımız doğaya hiç müdahale etmeksizin ortaya çıkan bir fenomen olmakla birlikte, doğanın kendi girdilerini çıktıya dönüştürme gücünden oluşur. Örneğin dağ başında, bir otun büyümesi için; tohum, toprak, su ve güneş gerekli olduğu gibi insanlığın hizmetine sunulması planlanan bir tarımsal ürün için gerekli girdilerin listesi bir hayli uzundur. Bu listenin tümü doğada bulunamayacağına göre bunların sağlanması için ekonomik değer ölçülerine gerek vardır. Bu durumda; ortaya çıkacak ürünün de girdi listesinde yer alan unsurlardan daha büyük ekonomik bir değer taşıması beklenir.
After examining the socio-demographic characteristics of individuals, a number of questions were asked about the levels of awareness in the acquisition and the scoring system of the questions was applied. In terms of this scoring, 69.45% of individuals were designed to have high levels of consciousness.It has been observed that the individuals have the sensitivity to read the environmental issues, the insignificance about the environmental issues, the importance of separating the garbage and the fact that they are packaged. It can be said that individuals know that they know recycled products. You need to be aware of the environmental pollution of individuals, but it is necessary to say that you do not extend information about the necessary information, that is, individuals have the potential to be conscious of environmental issues.
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