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¹ Tarla Bitkileri Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü, Yenimahalle-Ankara - This research was conducted in the villages of Polatlı and Kalecik district of Ankara. In the study; farmers` socio-economic characteristics, crop production potential, food resources, food production and consumption and the factors affecting farmer`s preferences were investigated. The data for the survey, simple random sampling method with 83 farmers in the months of June-July 1999, were collected via questionnaires. Forty-three samples were selected from the village subjected to the project and the others were in unapplied village. Results revealed that; Animal production in working area remains economically important. The production of forage crops in the working area is not sufficient, while pasture areas constituted a significant portion of the roughage source in animal production. Keywords : Farmer participation, socio-economic characteristics, farmer`s preferences, forage crops