TY - JOUR TT - Agricultural Knowledge and Information System from Extension Window: the Turkish Case AU - Boyacı, Murat AU - Yıldız, Özlem PY - 2017 DA - March Y2 - 2016 DO - 10.20289/zfdergi.297945 JF - Journal of Agriculture Faculty of Ege University PB - Ege University WT - DergiPark SN - 1018-8851 SP - 37 EP - 44 VL - 54 IS - 1 KW - Tarımsal Yayım KW - Tarımsal Bilgi ve Enformasyon Sistemi (TBES) KW - Türkiye N2 - In this study, public extension service was examined throughinterpretation of data collected from 1104 extension workers in Turkey.Extension as a one of the most important component in an AKIS is concerned withinducing people to change their voluntary behavior through the dissemination ofinformation and adoption of new technologies. An AKIS is a network consisted of the different actors and multidimensionalperspectives. This study investigates the linkages, integration andcompatibility levels of extension in Turkish AKIS, and defines the bottlenecksin the system. 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