Food price dynamics in Turkey’s agricultural export market with selected machine learning approaches

Price fluctuations significantly impact supply and demand mechanisms, particularly in agriculture and food production. These effects are often persistent and challenging to adapt directly, making it crucial for agrarian countries to understand the factors driving these changes. This resea...

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Main Authors: Rahmiye Figen Ceylan, Ramu Govindasamy, Burhan Ozkan
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Language:English
Published: Bologna University press 2025-06-01
Series:New Medit
Online Access:https://newmedit.ciheam.org/2025/06/10/food-price-dynamics-in-turkeys-agricultural-export-market-with-selected-machine-learning-approaches/
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description Price fluctuations significantly impact supply and demand mechanisms, particularly in agriculture and food production. These effects are often persistent and challenging to adapt directly, making it crucial for agrarian countries to understand the factors driving these changes. This research focuses on calculating a specific food price index related to Turkish food exports, with the goal of evaluating the factors contributing to volatility in this index. Using data from 1991-2022, the analysis employed selected machine learning methodologies to project potential policy interventions. The support vector regression (SVR) predictions revealed that rising prices of exportable products are driven by various factors, including cost items, food price inflation, unemployment levels (as an indicator of income), and exchange rates. The predictions closely aligned with the actual calculated variables, suggesting that variations in aggregate price levels, exchange rates, and technology-related and import-dependent costs are critical for observation and evaluation. These factors appear to play a more significant role in determining price inflation for Turkish agricultural and food products.
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spelling doaj-art-b0c103d8db2a491cbcbe8dd72e6d5f6c2025-08-20T02:23:24ZengBologna University pressNew Medit2611-11282025-06-012202510.30682/nm2502iFood price dynamics in Turkey’s agricultural export market with selected machine learning approachesRahmiye Figen CeylanRamu GovindasamyBurhan Ozkan Price fluctuations significantly impact supply and demand mechanisms, particularly in agriculture and food production. These effects are often persistent and challenging to adapt directly, making it crucial for agrarian countries to understand the factors driving these changes. This research focuses on calculating a specific food price index related to Turkish food exports, with the goal of evaluating the factors contributing to volatility in this index. Using data from 1991-2022, the analysis employed selected machine learning methodologies to project potential policy interventions. The support vector regression (SVR) predictions revealed that rising prices of exportable products are driven by various factors, including cost items, food price inflation, unemployment levels (as an indicator of income), and exchange rates. The predictions closely aligned with the actual calculated variables, suggesting that variations in aggregate price levels, exchange rates, and technology-related and import-dependent costs are critical for observation and evaluation. These factors appear to play a more significant role in determining price inflation for Turkish agricultural and food products.https://newmedit.ciheam.org/2025/06/10/food-price-dynamics-in-turkeys-agricultural-export-market-with-selected-machine-learning-approaches/
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title Food price dynamics in Turkey’s agricultural export market with selected machine learning approaches
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title_short Food price dynamics in Turkey’s agricultural export market with selected machine learning approaches
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