Organizations and Activities of a New Leading Farmer Extension Model in Turkey | Science Publications

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Gurel Aydin¹ 

关键词: Leader Farmer;    Extension;    Turkey;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajessp.2005.5.10

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

With this study, the organization and the activities of four leading farmer associationestablished in Thrace Region of Turkey in 1986, in the center of Tekirdag and in Muratli, Corlu andMalkara districts of Tekirdag, were discussed as the result of the common studies between TurkishAgricultural Chamber Union (TZOB) and German agriculture unit (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft,DLG), German Agricultural Technical Cooperation (Gesellschaft fur TechnischeZuzammenarbeit, GTZ) that the German Agricultural Ministry (Bundes Ministerium fürWirtschaffliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ) commission. The results according to theobservation are determined every year by the management committee in leading farmer associationsand the other organs. In a very democratic method and environment although the managements inTurkey have a hierarchy order. The highest organ of the association is the general committee(members). The management committee gives importance to the information flow between farmeradviser and the members and the appointment of the farmer adviser and the income-expense of theassociation and auto control is so powerful in the structure of the association. The most importantproblem is the leavie of the farmer adviser specialized in the communication with the farmers with theleader farmer associations for the attractive salary offers of the private sectors. For this reason,employing new farmer adviser to leader farmer associations, at least two years affect the publishingactivities of the leader farmers negatively. Application of the individual and group training by only theleader farmer associations among the farmer associations in Turkey and at the same time theencouragement of the member farmers to the congress and conferences, growing new products,making of the trial and demonstrations successfully in spite of the current conditions in Turkey play animportant role in the extension of the reforms of the leader farmer project in the rural region.

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