Agricultural production is heavily dependent on water availability in Turkey, where half the crop production relies on irrigation. Irrigated agriculture consumes about 75 percent of total water used, which is about 30 percent of renewable water availability. This study analyzes the likely...

After discussing the basic structure of the Turkish Agricultural Regional Programming Model (TARP, this model uses mathematical programming for economic analysis in agriculture), the author applies this model to explore medium-term growth prospects for Turkish agriculture. It is shown that given...