FARMERS LEVEL EXPOSURE IN ALGYARA DISTRICT/ NENEVAH PROVINCE TO SOME AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION METHODS AND ITS RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES

• Main Author: Najmelddin A. Saleem
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: College of Agriculture 2009-03-01
• Series: Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
• Online Access: https://magrj.mosuljournals.com/article_27398_2fc9f291e3bf04d1e6a760db1766f547.pdf

The objectives of this research were to determine the level of farmers exposure in Al-Gayara District Nenevah province to some agricultural extension methods: Individual extension methods, group extension methods and mass extension methods, and to find out if significant differences exist in the degree of these exposure according to some variables. The research sample included 86 respondents, the data were collected through a interview, after testing the validity and reliability of the interview, the researchers used Arithmetic mean, Kruskal-Wallis test and t-test to analyze the data. It was found that there were low level exposure for 70.93% of the respondents to all extension methods, also it was found that there were significant differences in the degree of exposure according to variables: education level, degree of dependence on agricultural work and years of work in agriculture, while there were no significant differences according to: types of land tenure and type of family.