Designing a web based remote agricultural control and counseling application: An early diagnosis warning system

The aim of the study is to try to reveal what improvements should be made regarding the application of the Web-Based Remote Agricultural Struggle and Counseling Application, which was developed for the widespread use of agricultural technologies and technology in agriculture within the Agriculture 4.0 approach, by interviewing expert technical personnel. In this context, the technical personnel working in Adana Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry were evaluated for the application. The study consists of two parts: theory and practice. In the theory part, literature review has been made and agricultural consultancy, smart agriculture and the use of digital technologies in agriculture have been discussed. The universe of the research consists of 10 technical personnel working in Adana Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry. In the research, data were collected through a form consisting of 4 questions to measure demographic information and a qualitative question consisting of 7 main titles and 28 sub-titles to measure the opinions of technical personnel about the application, which was prepared by taking expert opinions. The application was developed with the Python programming language and the data were analyzed with the Nvivo 12 program. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that it is appropriate to develop web-based agricultural control and consultancy application in terms of technical personnel, the interface design should be improved, and it will contribute positively to the dissemination of technology use in agriculture.