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SCOPUS 2023
SCOPUS 2023
UN SDG
EVENTS
Biotech Studies
2018, Vol 27, Num, 2 (Pages: 082-091)
Wheat Purchase Criteria, Production and Marketing Structures of Flour Factories in Ankara Province
2 Tarla Bitkileri Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü, Kalite Değerlendirme ve Gıda Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye
3 Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi, Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye DOI : 10.21566/tarbitderg.501479 - In this study, it is aimed to reveal the criteria affecting the wheat purchase on flour production and marketing structures of flour mills operating in Ankara. The survey data obtained from 30 flour mills operating in Ankara were used which got according to the complete counting method. Surveys were completed in 2015. According the result of study, the most important criterion in determining wheat buying price was sunn bug damage ratio while the other criteria affecting wheat were determined as wheat variety, energy value, gluten value, protein value and hectoliter. It was determined that 23.3% of the flour mills purchased wheat with the rate of absorbance up to 1%, 16.7% of them absorbed to the rate of 2%, while 16.6% of them purchased all wheat regardless of the rate of sunn bug damage ratio. It had been identified that there are 39 different wheat varieties processed in flour mills in Ankara and 63.3% of flour mills preferred to use the similar varieties with known quality criteria and have been used them for many years instead of trying a new variety. Since the ratio of sunn bug damage in the wheat is the most important criterion that affect the price on the wheat purchase, and that this is due to the protein quality of the wheat and the genetic structure of the wheat variety. It has been determined that varieties that have highest protein quality are preferred by the industry and processed at higher prices. Based on this result, it has been revealed that increasing the continuity of farmer training and fieldwork related to the struggle for sunn bug is more important in terms of wheat producers and industrialists. Keywords : Flour factory, wheat, flour, sunn bug, Ankara
