The Role of Agricultural Extension in Disseminating The Technology of Organic Farming Among Farmers Greenhouses in Wasit Governorate | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University For Agriculture Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 17, Issue 2, July 2017, Pages 295-305 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed Mohiuddin Qassem Alnuaimi; Sahab A. AL-AJeeli; Ashwaq A. Naji | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Research aimed to identify the role of agricultural extension in disseminating the technology of organic farming among farmers Greenhouses in Wasit Governorate. By identifying the level of knowledge and level of application of vegetable growers and the level of the spread of technology and learn about the problems they face. Including the research population the people of Agriculture and Wasit Directorate of (17). Was selected random a sample by ((23% bringing the number of people (4). The number of growers of users reached the technology of organic farming in these people (588) farmer was a random sample of them elected by (17%), bringing the number of farmers (100) farmer . It prepared a questionnaire as a tool to collect data from farmers. Consisted of the first two areas included three axes cognitive scale farmers and measure the application level and scale of the disseminating of technology. The second area has included (30) problem faced by farmers were distributed to four axes. After confirming the virtual honesty and sincerity of content for viewing on a measurement tool specialists has been stability calculation in a way retail midterm and the method of Richardson and the method of Cronbach's alpha. Results showed that the level of knowledge and level of application and the level of the spread of technology was average. Recommended research and the need to work in earnest in educational programs and activities extention specialized Meaningful for planning the deployment of this type of agriculture because of its importance in providing a high nutritional value free of any harmful effects of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and hormones healthy food. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Agricultural Extension; disseminating; technology of organic farming; Organic Agriculture | ||
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