Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ISPEC 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL SCIENCES and RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Burdur, Türkiye, 19 - 20 Mart 2022, ss.911-922
While the world population is increasing rapidly, new steps are being taken to improve the
nutrition, shelter and living standards of the countries. All these initiatives then result in striking
changes and developments in agriculture and industry. The passion for better nutrition, shelter
and life standards affects the people of all nations. Intense adoption of mechanization-based
processes in agriculture reduces the need for conventional agricultural labor and such a case
creates a necessity for development of new employment areas in the sector. Otherwise, increase
in unemployment in rural areas and migration to the city will be inevitable. On the other hand,
since agriculture is not seen as an attractive employment area by the youth and the employment
potential in non-agricultural sectors in rural areas is low and the low-skilled labor demand of
the service and industry sectors in the cities lead young people to seek employment outside the
rural areas. Migration of young population to the city causes the loss of productive workforce
needed for a dynamic rural economy. Approximately 25 percent of population still resides in
the villages and such a case indicates that the settled rural population in the regions where it is
not possible to make a living with non-agricultural works will continue their agricultural
activities. Therefore, job opportunities should be opened for youth with agricultural culture who
can work in new fields such as agricultural tourism, agriculture-based health services and
agricultural gastronomy, where local tastes are preserved, instead of traditional agricultural
labor in the field of agriculture.