The influence of social media on the buying behavior of Greek farmers on the purchase of agricultural machinery

Abstract

To what extent do social media influence the buying behavior of Greek consumers involved in the agricultural sector? How much time does the average Greek farmer and entrepreneur spend on social media? To what extent do they trust the information through social media? Which social media are used the most? This research attempts to answer these useful questions and more, but also to draw conclusions about how social media influences users' decisions. Our research focuses on people involved in agriculture and the agri-food sector, for whom we collected a satisfactory number of responses to the questionnaire distributed electronically via google forms . starting from the reasons why consumers use social media (information, entertainment,etc.) we present both descriptively and quantitatively the results of the questionnaire, trying to correlate variables such as the time spent by users on social media and the extent to which they are influenced by it. Social media is a powerful tool for promoting products/services.