MULTIDIMENSIONS OF POVERTY FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN TURKEY: KONYA PROVINCE CASE
Kan, Mustafa and Oguz, Cennet and Kan, Arzu and Ergun, Huseyin and
Demiroz, Emel
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Abstract
Poverty is a multi-dimensional global phenomenon. It encompasses health,
housing, education, and social exclusion as well as simple incomes and
expenditures. Multidimensional poverty is currently at the heart of many
theoretical, empirical and institutional debates. The study was carried
out in a rural settlement of Konya province in Turkey to determine the
rural population's poverty structure and to quantify different general
characteristics of both the poor and non-poor population according too
the poverty line (relative poverty based household income-monetary
approach) and asset based wealth index approach The results showed that,
there was strong similarity between the income based approach and asset
based wealth index approach for most factors. The source of income for
the people in the study area was from non-agricultural sector and the
material deprivation is also an important factor for wealth. It was
found that non-agricultural income was higher in the wealth group
(75-100\%) than the other groups under study. The poor and low income
households have high number of animals These kinds of enterprises were
mostly located in the high altitude areas which were not appropriate for
crop production. It can be concluded in the light of investigated
results that poverty is more prevalent in harsh geographical locations.... Show more Show less