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Purpose The purpose of the paper is to investigate the agricultural information system in Turkey, with particular reference to the effectiveness of this system for farmers. Design/methodology/approach A case study based on a review of the literature, established knowledge and national experience to date. Findings That, in Turkey, there is insufficient connection between the publishing activities of research institutions and other institutions active in the field. This lack of coordination causes an incomplete distribution of agricultural information to farmers. In particular, this creates an information system in which there is no effective feedback in the “research–publishing–farmer” triangle. Yet distribution of agricultural information to users and reciprocal user feedback is vital, because it is the essential mechanism by which a consistently reliable and …

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Agriculture | Information services | Turkey

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Google Scholar	81
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Web of Science	15

Agricultural Information Systems A National Case Study

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