Abstract
With this study, the organization and the activities of four leading farmer association established in Thrace Region of Turkey in 1986, in the center of Tekirdag and in Muratli, Corlu and Malkara districts of Tekirdag, were discussed as the result of the common studies between Turkish Agricultural Chamber Union (TZOB) and German agriculture unit (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, DLG), German Agricultural Technical Cooperation (Gesellschaft fur Technische Zuzammenarbeit, GTZ) that the German Agricultural Ministry (Bundes Ministerium fur Wirtschaffliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ) commission. The results according to the observation are determined every year by the management committee in leading farmer associations and the other organs. In a very democratic method and environment although the managements in Turkey 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 farmer adviser and the members and the appointment of the farmer adviser and the income-expense of the association and auto control is so powerful in the structure of the association. The most important problem is the leavie of the farmer adviser specialized in the communication with the farmers with the leader 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 publishing activities of the leader farmers negatively. Application of the individual and group training by only the leader farmer associations among the farmer associations in Turkey and at the same time the encouragement 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 an important role in the extension of the reforms of the leader farmer project in the rural region.
Highlights
Leader farmer associations established first with leader farmer project in 1986 in Turkey, were realized as a result of the common studies of German agricultural technical cooperation entrusted by German Agricultural Ministry (Bundes Ministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ) and German Agricultural Association (Gesellschaft für Technische Zuzammenarbeit, GTZ) and Turkish Agricultural Chamber Union (Türkiye Ziraat Odalari Birligi, TZOB)
Agricultural education in Turkey started first with the agricultural technical schools opened in Istanbul, Adana, Izmir and Bursa in 1880-1900
Establishments that give agricultural extension service in Turkey were divided into four groups by their status: (a) public establishments, (b) profit aimed
Summary
Leader farmer associations established first with leader farmer project in 1986 in Turkey, were realized as a result of the common studies of German agricultural technical cooperation entrusted by German Agricultural Ministry (Bundes Ministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ) and German Agricultural Association (Gesellschaft für Technische Zuzammenarbeit, GTZ) and Turkish Agricultural Chamber Union (Türkiye Ziraat Odalari Birligi, TZOB). Professional seminars, days and essays were materialized form regularly and trips to Germany were arranged for the member farmers in order to be able to observe the agriculture establishments in Germany In this way, technical and theoretical information of the farmers were expanded. At the third step, studying of the farmer groups independently was begin to apply and these studies were observed and controlled regularly With this aim, a farm adviser office was established in TZ0B center department which is in Ankara. According to the research results, in spite of the traditional hierarchy structure in Turkey, the leading farmer associations in Turkey are not in hierarchy structure with their current structure Their different directions from the cooperatives and similar farmer associations models in Turkey is that they manage themselves, they are not directed from Agricultural and Rural Services Ministry. The aims of the leading farmer associations were determined as follows:
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