* General Director of Agricultural Reform, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Ankara, Turkey. ** Deputy General Director of Agricultural Reform, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Food Agriculture, and Livestock, Ankara, Turkey. *** Cukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Adana, Turkey. Corresponding author: sinasi.akdemir@gmail.com. Evaluation of TMO’s (Turkish Grain Board) Appointment System for Procurement GURSEL KUSEK*, METIN TURKER**, SINASI AKDEMIR***, SEYIT HAYRAN*** DOI: 10.30682/nm1801e JEL classifcation: A11, L11 Abstract This study was conducted in the Konya province, which is one of the most important grain production centers of Turkey. The primary data was obtained by questionnaires that were given out to 54 producers. The main purpose of this study is investigating the effects of TMO’s “Appointment System for Procurement (ASP)” on marketing structure of wheat and the decision-making process of farmers. Some general characteristics of the sample farms are as follows; (1) 93% of enterprises are registered to Farmer Register System, (2) registration rate increases as size of enterprises increases, (3) property and land rate (61%) decreases as size of enterprises increases, (4) average parcel number is 8.8, (5) maturity level of product is taken into consideration while determining harvest season of wheat, (6) availability of combine harvester is also an important factor, (7) 77% of producers are not encountering harvest problem, (8) 61% of them sell their products through appointment system of TMO and (9) 36% of them change appointment dates. As a result of factor analysis, we determined 5 factors explaining 79% of the total variance for product marketing condition of producers. The weekend holiday of TMO, small and fragmented parcels and also diffculties in fnding combine harvester and in turn problems caused by FRS limitation constitute the frst factor. The size of Enterprises was the second factor, the age and education level of producers which is effective in adapting to the appointment system was the third factor. Also, the determination of sale price and institution/person of product was the fourth factor, while the credit-fnance structure of the enterprise constituted the ffth factor. Keywords: TMO, Appointment System for Procurement (ASP), Konya, Wheat, Factor Analysis. 1. Introduction Offering products to the market in a healthy way in accordance with demand condition is an impor- tant dimension of the production process as well as productivity and quality in agricultural production. In this respect, marketing is one of the important branches of agricultural enterprises. Farmers’ in- come can be increased by an effective marketing system which will provide an important contribu- tion to increasing producers’ welfare, wealth and life quality. In the agricultural market of Turkey, there are different actors playing their respective roles such as the state and cooperatives on one hand and the