INVESTIGATION OF THE ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL OF GREENHOUSES IN FİNİKE-DEMRE-KAŞ DISTRICTS OF ANTALYA PROVINCE

Abstract

Antalya is a city open to natural disasters due to its geographical location and climate. In recent years, strong winds, storms, hurricanes, heavy rain and hail rain cause great damage to greenhouses throughout the province. These climatic events that occur every year cause substantial product economic losses, especially in districts where greenhouse cultivation is concentrated. These losses are experienced more especially in Kumluca, Finike Demre and Kaş districts located in the west of Antalya and where greenhouse cultivation activities are the most common. In this study, it is aimed to determine the problems of the greenhouses in the towns of Finike-Demre-Kaş in Antalya Province from technical and structural aspects and to develop appropriate solutions and methods for these problems. For this purpose, one-to-one surveys were applied to the business owners by going to the districts and observations and measurements were made in the existing greenhouses. As a result of the conducted surveys and observations and measurements, the size, technical and structural characteristics of the greenhouses in the districts, automation levels, state support, credit and grant utilization, agricultural insurance, and structural or production problems were determined. It was determined that more than half of the existing greenhouses (56%) are 10 years old and above and almost all of the greenhouses (98.4%) were built by the blacksmith. It has been determined that nearly half of the business owners (44%) have built their greenhouses with their own sources, most of them (56%) using loan grants and support. However, it has been determined that most of the greenhouses (70.4%) are not insured, very few (29.6%) of them have agricultural insurance and private insurance. It was determined that some of the greenhouses (4%) did not have foundation concrete, and more than half (60%) did not have sub-basement concrete. It was determined that most of the existing greenhouses (96%) did not have a shading pattern and again a large part (88.8%) had no insect net in the ventilation windows.