Have the EU pre-accession funds achieved their purpose? Beneficiary perspectives on the effects of the funds on production quality, rural development and sustainability

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Özkan, G ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6878-1673 and Gurbuz, IB, 2023. Have the EU pre-accession funds achieved their purpose? Beneficiary perspectives on the effects of the funds on production quality, rural development and sustainability. Scientific Papers Series: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 23 (1), pp. 515-529. ISSN 2284-7995

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Abstract

Turkey's relations with the European Union (EU) financial assistance, which began in 1963, continue today. The IPARD (Instrument for Pre Accession Assistance Rural Development) program aims to increase the efficiency of enterprises and achieve Community quality and quality management standards to achieve rural development and sustainability. This research aimed to measure investors' perceptions of the quality (QA), after-sales quality (ASQ), and rural development for IPARD (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance Rural Development) funds. Additional points are given for investor and company characteristics in some measures. This research reveals whether additional scores make a significant difference. 97 enterprises that received support from IPARD I and IPARD II in Bursa province, Turkey, were interviewed. Results showed that the participants' overall perception of RDS was higher than QA and ASQ. The quality perceptions were the lowest. 25-year-old and younger investors had the highest QA and ASQ perceptions. An increase in educational level has led to a rise in the QA, ASQ, and RDS perceptions. No stable trend was observed between the increase in experience and the increase in QA and ASQ perceptions. The perception of RDS is higher among the investors who claim to follow rural development activities.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Scientific Papers Series: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
Creators:	Özkan, G. and Gurbuz, I.B.
Publisher:	Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara - Bucureşti
Date:	1 April 2023
Volume:	23
Number:	1
ISSN:	2284-7995
Identifiers:	Number Type 1871079 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	11 Mar 2024 16:14
Last Modified:	11 Mar 2024 16:14
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51046