Determination of Need for Education, Extension and Laboratory Infrastructure on Hazelnut Farming in Western Black Sea Region

In this study, 117 hazelnut growers and 29 extension staff of the ministry of food agriculture and livestock used in the data obtained as a result of the survey conducted in western black sea region. farms were detected in the high literacy rate, on the other hand the majority of this ratio is a primary school education in the development of the region and the need to improve educational conditions reveals. since co-operative and union activities in the region were weak, meetings and demonstrations were used very little as the means of extension methods. farms use enough fertilizer, chemical control they observed within the specific routines, technical support and analysis applications based on the recommendation of less concentration was determined by applying their own experience and neighbors. analysis laboratories, education, extension and research activities have been observed to be strongly needed in the region.