Local Seed Usage and Its Importance of Rural Area; Case Study of Konya Province

Rural areas are important for the realization of agricultural production and sustainability of resources. Providing to sustainable usage of resources is possible by conservation of local originated seeds, which act on principle of agriculture and inputs besides cause to an increase in ratio of 25-40% in production. The data were obtained from the family farms making production with 68 local seeds using the "Unclassified single-step simple random probability sampling based on ratios" method in 20 villages. The obtained table were created and the chi-square analysis was performed on the percentage ratios and the bilateral relations. As a result of the research, 49 local seed varieties were identified. Consequently, it is necessary to encouragement of young people for agricultural activities, a better data transfer among the stakeholders and project production for conservation of local originated seeds