الحاجات التدريبية لمزارعي محصول البطاطا في ناحية النصر و السلام-قضاء أبو غريب-محافظة بغداد

Abstract EN

The research aimed to determine the level of training needs for potato farmers in al-Nasr and al-Salam sub-district / Abu Ghraib district, and to determine the correlation between the training needs of farmers and some independent variables related to them, represented by (age, educational level, cultivated area, ownership of agricultural equipment and the attitude towards training), and arranging the problems facing farmers descending.

in order to achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire was prepared consisting of three parts, the first part of which included the independent variables of farmers, while the second part included a scale of training needs related to agricultural operations for growing the potato crop, which included (47) paragraphs distributed over seven areas, namely (land preparation, cultivation method, fertilization, irrigation, hoeing, pest control, and harvesting).

the third part included (12) a problem that is considered one of the most important problems facing potato farmers in al-Nasr and al-Salam district / Abu Ghraib district.

the research community included all the potato crop growers in al-Nasr and al-Salam district, who numbered (1356) farmers distributed over five provinces (Gharbia and Soleimani, Mahmoudi and Mufti, Biala, Abadi and Hawr al-Basha, western Radwaniyah).

an exploratory sample of (30) farmers was taken from the provinces of (Biyala, Abadi and Hawr al-Basha), with (15) farmers from each of them, for the purpose of conducting the initial test to determine the validity and reliability of the form.

while the community subject to the research procedures included three provinces representing (60%) of the five provinces, which are (Gharbia and Soleimani, Mahmoudi and Mufti, and al-Radwaniyah al-Gharbiya), comprising (1054) farmers, from whom a simple proportional random sample was taken at a rate of (10%) and thus the number of farmers covered by the procedures research (105) farmers.

the results showed that the average degrees of training needs in general tend to be high, and that there is a significant correlation between training needs and the variables (age, educational level, possession of agricultural equipment and the attitude towards training), and it was also found that potato growers in the research area suffer from major problems, although the problem of (lack of government support for farmers) came first, and the researchers recommend the need to work to meet the training needs of potato farmers in al-Nasr and al-Salam district / Abu Ghraib district, through the establishment of agricultural training courses, and the necessity of activating the role of the agricultural training guidance center in the research area through holding seminars and field days and distributing guidance leaflets for planting the crop to potato farmers to increase their information and knowledge, and the government role must be activated in supporting national agriculture by providing fertilizers and pesticides in quantities and appropriate prices to maintain local agriculture and not to import the potato crop from abroad.