The rural women contribution to the agricultural plant-based work in the rural area of Suqaylabiyah (Hama governorate)‎

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The research aimed to determine the contribution of women in agricultural work in the rural area of Suqaylabiyah in the governorate of Hama and assess the nature of the relationship between the degree of their contribution to agricultural activities and some of their traits.

Data were collected from a random sample of about 142 rural respondents from the countryside of Suqaylabiyah in Hama's governorate, based on a questionnaire using interview method during 2019.

They were selected from the total community of about 4645 women involving in agricultural work so the sample fraction reached about 3%.

The research followed the descriptive statistical analysis method using the rang, the arithmetic mean and the standard deviation, and also the quantitative statistical analysis method using the simple correlation and the stepwise multiple regression model.

The analysis results showed that the processing of plant products occupied the first place among the plant-based agricultural work carried out by women in the rural area of Suqaylabiyah, with a total of 519 degrees.

This result explains the extent of women's interest in process products that are essential for domestic consumption, in addition to providing products for sale and offering additional family income source.

The results of the statistical analysis also showed that there is a significant and negative statistically correlation at the level of (1%) between the degree of rural women's contribution in agricultural plant production work and the following independent variables : the husband's occupation, the total number of children who work in agriculture as a secondary business.

Moreover, the results showed a significant and positive statistical relationship at the level of (1%) with the following independent variables, the respondents' age and the size of the family.

The results of the multiple regression analysis (step-wise) showed that, the age of the respondents, the husband's occupation, and the size of the family as independent variables explain about 79.4% of the change in the degree of women's contribution to the work of agricultural plant production and the processing and selling of products.