çukur, tayfun muğla sıtkı koçman üniversitesi - milas myo - pazarlama ve reklamcılık bölümü, turkey , çukur, figen muğla sıtkı koçman üniversitesi - milas myo - yönetim ve organizasyon bölümü, turkey

Fair Organizations From The Participating Firms in the Agricultural Fairs Perspective and Its Contributions on the Local Economy: The Case of Milas 2. South Aegean Agricultural Fair

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Today information is an important agricultural input for farmers. Thanks to agricultural extension, farmers can have access to the information which they need. There are numerous organizations that provide agricultural information to farmers in rural areas. Among them, the provincial and district directorates of Agriculture, universities, cooperatives, unions, research organizations, consulting companies include. Farmers can get important agricultural information, from companies which sell agricultural inputs and agricultural product. From this perspective, agricultural fairs are important agricultural activities that providing information for farmers. In agricultural fairs farmers and company representatives coming together and the transfer of mutual information are realized. In this study Milas 2. South Aegean Agricultural Fair was examined as a case study and 51 firms attending the fair were interviewed. It was determined that representatives of all the firms during the fair provide information about both companies and their products to people who visiting the fair stands. It was determined that rate of firm which provides information to farmers of non-fair times was 88.2%. Since agricultural fairs are important events providing information to farmers, participating in these fairs of farmers should be encouraged.

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Fair , agriculture , information , Milas.

Journal Of Agricultural Faculty Of Atatürk University

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