as developed in chapter the reallocation of labour resources towards more productive uses within and outside agriculture is fundamental to agricultural productivity growth in turkey this is typically evoked with respect to fieldcropping where the size of parcels is believed to constrain the operation at an optimalscale small farms seem to be perceived as less of a problem in horticulture akder the analysis on relative productivity and efficiency on farms of different sizes is scarce and in general is limited by the availability of up to date farmlevel data