boyaci, murat ege university - faculty of agriculture - department of agricultural economics, Izmir, Turkey , yildiz, özlem ege university - faculty of agriculture - department of agricultural economics, Izmir, Turkey

Agricultural Knowledge and Information System from Extension Window: the Turkish Case

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in this study, public extension service was examined through interpretation of data collected from 1104 extension workers in Turkey. Extension as a one of the most important component in an AKIS is concerned with inducing people to change their voluntary behavior through the dissemination of information and adoption of new technologies. An AKIS is a network consisted of the different actors and multidimensional perspectives. This study investigates the linkages, integration and compatibility levels of extension in Turkish AKIS, and defines the bottlenecks in the system. The components of the AKIS such as factors affecting extension performance, information sources, extension methods, actor effectiveness and compatibility were used in the multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis. According to the findings low technology adoption levels, mostly focusing on production increases, limited local participation were emphasized as the common disorders in Turkish AKIS. Extension activities must be based on the objective oriented programming approach. Besides, empowering of local actors, multi-stakeholder programming and evaluation process should be employed for allowing to articulation of actors’ relations in the AKIS.

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Agricultural extension , agricultural knowledge and information system (AKIS) , Turkey

The Journal Of Ege University Faculty Of Agriculture

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