معدل تبني مزارعي القمح للتقنيات الزراعية الحديثة في محافظتي ذمار و اب

الملخص EN

The Research Aims to Identify the Rate of Adoption by Wheat Farmers of a Package of Modern Technologies in Cultivating and Improving the Productivity of Wheat Crops, namely (urea fertilizer, superphosphate fertilizer, rust control, drip irrigation, harvesting, threshing, and storage) in the study area, and to identify the reasons that preventing some of the farmers to adopt the technology introduced.

The research sample consisted of (170) farmers, representing (15%) of the total number of wheat farmers, which numbered (1,130) farmers from six areas targeted by the Food Security Project, which are: (Elou Jahran, Central Jahran, Anes from Dhamar Governorate.

And Yarim, Al-Saddah, and Badan from Ibb Governorate) in Yemen.

Data were collected using a questionnaire form, which was prepared specifically to achieve the objectives of the study.

The data was transcribed, arranged, and analyzed using several statistical methods (tables, frequencies, percentages), by the statistical analysis program SPSS, and Excel.

The results showed an increase in the rate of farmers adopting modern technologies in wheat cultivation during the years 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2022, but it decreased during the years 2019 and 2021.

According to farmers, reasons for not adopting wheat technologies are their high prices if available, and lack of awareness of their importance.