A research on comparative evaluation of the effects of targel elements for farmers in Balikesir and Manisa provinces

In recent years in Turkey and in the world it has led to three different views on agricultural extension and consultancy. These are public extension of the agricultural extension, private agricultural extension companies and the two institutions are in the form of a joint way. In the early years of the Republic of Turkey since the establishment of state-maintained agricultural extension since the 2000s it is maintained through both public and private companies. n 2004, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry implemented the KÖY-MER Project with the slogan 1000 Agricultural Engineers to 1000 Villages in the delivery of information and technology to the producers, and TARGEL Project in 2007. In this study, the comparative assessment of the impact of the agricultural advisors employed by the ministry of agriculture and forestry between 2007-2016 on district producers and the policies which has been put forward about this subject is aimed. In this research, the works, training, professional competencies of 29 targel experts working in the region have been tried to be revealed. In addition, the efforts and satisfaction of the tomato producers and Targel staff in the selected region were tried to be determined. As a result of the study, it was found that the majority of the producers interviewed trust the Targel staff and are satisfied with their work.