Determination of information resources of rose producers and their training needs : the case of Isparta province

The aim of this study is to determine the information sources of rose farmers and to reveal their training requirements. The main material of the study is the data collected by surveys conducted with rose growers in Isparta Province. In order to determine the sample volume, simple random sampling method was used and a questionnaire was conducted with 152 farmers. Informative discussions were held with the Isparta Provincial Directorate of Food, Agriculture and Livestock and the villages that can represent rose cultivation socially and economically have been determined from Keçiborlu, Gönen and Merkez districts. The selected villages are as follows; Keçiborlu (Ardıçlı, Saracık, Senir), Gönen (Güneykent and Merkez). Yakaören village was selected as research area in Isparta Merkez district. Proportional distributions, chi-square and Multiple Correspondence Analysis were used in the overall analysis of the data. The average age of rose growers was 45.7 years, the majority of them were males (92.1%) and the level of education was high school and university (54.9%). The average number of households is 3.1. Farmers group (32.9%) takes the first place in the profession distribution of rose growers. This is followed by self-employment (20.4%), workers (19.7%) and civil servants (14.5%). It was found that 67.8% of the growers received the most useful information about Gül from family elders, relatives or neighboring producers, 20.4% from pharmaceutical dealers, 7.2% from provincial / district directorates and 4.6% from private counselors. According to MCA analysis, growers who will continue to grow roses are high school graduates and are between the ages of 31-45.