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Refugee labor has become essential for sustaining agricultural production in Isparta, Turkey, driven primarily by local labor shortages rather than employer cost advantages, despite widespread informality and challenging working conditions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate the integration of refugee labor into the agricultural sector by simultaneously assessing the perspectives, working conditions, and relationships of refugee workers and farm employers.

August 23, 2026Selcuk Journal of Agricultural and Food SciencesOpen Access

The Role of Refugee Inflows in Agricultural Labor: Evidence from Farm Employer-Migrant Worker Relations in Isparta Province of Türkiye

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HYHasan Yılmaz MDMerve Mürüvvet DAĞ ADArzu Düzenli

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Survey study reveals refugee labor resolves severe agricultural shortages despite informal working conditions, highlighting the urgent need for worker formalization and social protections.

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Investigate the integration of refugee labor into the agricultural sector by simultaneously assessing the perspectives, working conditions, and relationships of refugee workers and farm employers.
Administered structured surveys to refugee workers (N=50) and farm employers (N=50) in Isparta Province, Türkiye.
Evaluated worker demographic profiles, formality of employment, wage satisfaction, occupational safety conditions, and employer hiring motivations.
Refugee agricultural workers were primarily young with low education levels and worked informally without social security coverage.
Workers reported general satisfaction with wages and employer attitudes, but experienced significant obstacles including long working hours, language barriers, and limited safety measures.
Employers hired refugees predominantly to resolve critical agricultural labor shortages rather than to obtain labor cost advantages.

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Yılmaz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aade47677a34114446594 https://doi.org/10.15316/selcukjafsci.1895856

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August 23, 2026Selcuk Journal of Agricultural and Food SciencesOpen Access

The Role of Refugee Inflows in Agricultural Labor: Evidence from Farm Employer-Migrant Worker Relations in Isparta Province of Türkiye

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Authors

HYHasan Yılmaz MDMerve Mürüvvet DAĞ ADArzu Düzenli

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Overview

Survey study reveals refugee labor resolves severe agricultural shortages despite informal working conditions, highlighting the urgent need for worker formalization and social protections.

Key Points

Investigate the integration of refugee labor into the agricultural sector by simultaneously assessing the perspectives, working conditions, and relationships of refugee workers and farm employers.
Administered structured surveys to refugee workers (N=50) and farm employers (N=50) in Isparta Province, Türkiye.
Evaluated worker demographic profiles, formality of employment, wage satisfaction, occupational safety conditions, and employer hiring motivations.
Refugee agricultural workers were primarily young with low education levels and worked informally without social security coverage.
Workers reported general satisfaction with wages and employer attitudes, but experienced significant obstacles including long working hours, language barriers, and limited safety measures.
Employers hired refugees predominantly to resolve critical agricultural labor shortages rather than to obtain labor cost advantages.

Cite This Study

Yılmaz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aade47677a34114446594 https://doi.org/10.15316/selcukjafsci.1895856

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