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Türkiye’de tarim sektöründe bilgi altyapisi
Information Infrastructure in the Agricultural Sector in Turkey

Author(s): Pınar Topçu
Subject(s): Politics, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Agriculture, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Agriculture; information infrastructure; productivity; politics;

Summary/Abstract: Although there has been significant progress as a result of macroeconomic stability and structural reforms in recent years in many areas in Turkey, the ongoing problem of productivity needs to be solved. Particularly, small and scattered scale agricultural enterprises, high rate of informality in agriculture, living dissemination deficiencies on development of R&D and innovation and information and communication technologies; other factors reduce agricultural productivity and this is the barrier of agricultural leaps. However, technological advances in agriculture plays a significant role in the increase of production. In this context, in article, the state of the information infrastructure was examined in agriculture sector that has a significant percentage in the Turkish economy and in this respect have been taken.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 155-161
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Turkish