Purpose

This paper is intended to investigate the economic, organizational and social factors affecting the receipt of advance payment by greenhouse vegetable producers from commission agents operating in the wholesale market.

Design/methodology/approach

The data were gathered through questionnaire forms developed for this specific purpose through face-to-face interviews with 180 producers growing greenhouse vegetables in the central district and Serik, Antalya in the Western Mediterranean Region of Turkey. A logistic regression model was employed to analyse the factors affecting the likelihood of greenhouse vegetable growers getting advance from commission agents.

Findings

A good financial status of enterprises producing greenhouse vegetables and the fact that their production input needs are met by cooperatives reduce their dependence on commission agents, thereby increasing their bargaining power when selling their products. Since producers can readily meet their need for the capital required for the vegetable production process from commission agents, they do not prefer to borrow from lending institutions making agricultural loans with requirements such as collateral. The fact that greenhouse vegetable farmers receive technical and market information and advice from commission agents strengthens their relationship with them.

Originality/value

It is the first study that evaluates in detail the financial aspect of the relationships between producers and commission agents in the greenhouse vegetables wholesale market. It contributes significantly to agricultural policymakers regarding the functioning of the greenhouse vegetable market, and in particular, the regulations on agricultural loans for production processes.

中文翻译：

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检查土耳其温室蔬菜种植业生产商和佣金代理之间的财务关系

目的

本文旨在调查影响温室蔬菜生产者从批发市场经营的佣金代理处收到预付款的经济、组织和社会因素。

设计/方法/方法

这些数据是通过为此特定目的而开发的问卷形式收集的，通过与土耳其西地中海地区安塔利亚中部地区和塞里克种植温室蔬菜的 180 家生产商进行面对面访谈。采用逻辑回归模型分析了影响温室蔬菜种植者从佣金代理处获得预付款的可能性的因素。

发现

温室蔬菜生产企业财务状况良好，生产投入需求由合作社满足，减少了对委托代理的依赖，从而提高了销售产品的议价能力。由于生产者可以很容易地从佣金代理人那里满足他们对蔬菜生产过程所需的资金的需求，他们不喜欢向有抵押等要求的提供农业贷款的贷款机构借款。温室蔬菜种植者从佣金代理那里获得技术和市场信息和建议的事实加强了他们与他们的关系。

原创性/价值

这是第一项详细评估温室蔬菜批发市场中生产商和佣金代理商之间关系的财务方面的研究。它对农业政策制定者在温室蔬菜市场的运作方面做出了重大贡献，特别是对生产过程中农业贷款的规定。