Participation of farmers of wheat and barley in Zummar district-Nineveh governorate in drawing up annual agricultural plan and its relationship with some variables

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The current study objectiveed to determine participation of farmers of wheat and barley in Zummar region for drawing up the annual agricultural plan in Nineveh governorate in general and each fields of this study and determining correlation between dependent variable (participation level) and independent variables (age, educational level, number of crop cultivation years, cultivation land area).the research community included all farmers of wheat and barley (1200) distributed into 52 villages registered with cultivation division of Zummar (*) for year (2021).a proportional random sample (10%) was taken and became final sample size (120) respondents.

the questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection.

it consisted of three procedures.

the first part included independent variables and second part dependent variable (participation level).

the third part included obstacles facing of farmers’ participation in making decisions related to drawing the annual agricultural plan for wheat and barley crops in Nineveh governorate.

virtual validity was checked, then stability was calculated by (Krumbach's alpha coefficient) on an initial sample of (20 respondents) that were excluded from research sample, the tool's stability reached (76%).then data was collected from a sample of (120) respondents.

the data was unloaded, tabulated and its classified by excel program and it was processed statistically by using the statistical program (SPSS).the results revealed that level of participation of farmers in Nineveh governorate in general is described as low tending to medium.

the results showed there are obstacles that stand in way of farmers in formulating agricultural policy in Nineveh governorate.

the most important of which is spread of routine in administrative dealings and issuance of decisions that do not satisfy for all farmers.

also, the results shows that there is a positive significant correlation at probability level (0.05) between participation level and variables (age, educational level).this study recommends involving largest possible number of farmers in drawing the annual plan and giving farmers freedom of expression about drawing the annual agricultural plan.