Determining the Knowledge Level of Farmers in Thrace Region about the Use of Digital Applications and Their Demands for Digital Applications in Agriculture

The development of agricultural technologies and the gradual decrease of scarce resources such as water and soil on the other hand, reasons such as the rapid increase in the human population, the obligation to leave a clean soil and a clean future to future generations, and the desire of countries to act with sustainable agriculture awareness make digitalization in agriculture mandatory. Thrace is a region with a high level of knowledge and awareness. Despite this, the research topic was examined based on the hypothesis "The level of knowledge about digital agricultural technologies is high." A survey was conducted with 153 people about digital technologies in agriculture. These 153 people were selected according to the simple stratified random sampling method. The analysis of the data was made based on numerical size, charts were created and evaluations were made. As a result of these evaluations; the level of awareness in soil analysis, soil cultivation time determination, drone application and others was quite high. The most needed issues from digital technologies are planting time determination, soil analysis, drug dosage adjustment, etc. it was determined as.