The aim of this study is to determine the factors that affect the development ofbureaucratic knowledge and skills of farmers in rural areas. To achieve this aim, aquestionnaire was administered face-to-face to 110 farmers. The survey was conducted inthe central villages of Tokat Province in 2013. Exploratory factor analysis andconfirmatory factor analysis were used to determine the factors that affect thedevelopment of farmers’ knowledge and skills regarding bureaucratic procedures. Theexploratory factor analysis generated a structure with 4 factors and 10 variables. Thesefactors which explained 76.063% of the total variance, and their reliability coefficientswere determined as cooperation tendency (0.803), bureaucratic procedure experience(0.701), level of benefit from government support (0.900) and immediate environmentcommunication (0.601). According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, thefit index values were 0.938 for GFI; 0.934 for CFI and 0.913 for NFI. The fact that theRMSEA and CMIN/DF coefficients were also consistent and significant indicates that theresults fit the theory. The fact that the intended goodness-of-fit index values of thesecoefficients were significant also indicates that the results fit the theory. Thus, the factorsthat affect the bureaucratic knowledge and skills of farmers in the rural areas of TokatProvince were found to be: getting involved in agricultural organizations, the experienceof performing formal procedures in public offices, attempts to benefit from agriculturalsupport and immediate environment communication.