1 st International Syposium on Sustainable Development, June 9-10 2009, Sarajevo 57 Economic and Technical Analysis of Fresh Bean Cultivation in Turkey M urat Sayili Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics Tokat/ TURKE Y, muratsayili@yahoo.com Hasan Akca Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics Tokat/ TURKE Y, akcahasan @yahoo.com Oral Duzdemir Gaziosmanpasa University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops Tokat/ TURKE Y, orald@gop.edu.tr Abstract: This study investigates socio-economic situation of fresh bean growers, inputs and outputs related to bean growing, production and marketing problems faced by farmers, etc. In addition, profitability of fresh bean production was determined. Data were collected from 86 farms located in Tokat province of Turkey via survey. It was carried out in September- October 2008. Research shows that fresh bean cultivation is profitable. Selling price rangesfrom $0.6to $1.5 kg -1 .Fresh bean growers are open to innovation. Keywords: Fresh bean, economic and technical analysis, Turkey Introduction Bean iscultivated widelyin Turkey and consumed asfresh,freezed,canned and dried. According to 2007 data,production area,production amount and yield of green beanin Turkey were 60 000 ha, 499 298 tons,and 8 321.6 kg ha -1 ,respectively (FA O 2009). Tokat province was chosen as research area becauseit produces nearly 6.0% of Turkey’sfresh bean production. Production area was 2576 hain Tokat province (Anonymous 2009). Literaturereview shows thatmany studies were carried outin agriculturalfacultiesand researchinstitutes established in differentregions of Turkey but majority ofthem investigaterelationships between yield and yield components,adaptation ability of genotypes,etc. Number ofstudiesfocus on economic analysis offresh bean is verylimited. Therefore,the aims ofthisstudy wereto determine currentsituation and profitability offresh bean production and problems faced by farmers. Material and Methods Data were collected from 86 farms located in Tokat province of Turkey via survey. Questionnaires were carried outin September-October 2008. The method ofsimplerandom sampling was used to determine farms to be surveyed (Dixon & Massey 1969): ( 29 2 2 2 2 2 . . 1 . . t S E N t S N n + - = W here, n is sample size, N is number of farm in the population, S is standard deviation,tistable value (1.86) at 95% significancelevel and 10% error, Eiserror. Production cost, yield, output price, gross-margin and net profit were calculated while analysing