دور مدارس مزارعي الزيتون في رفع مستوى المعرفة ببرنامج الإدارة المتكاملة للمحصول في محافظة السويداء

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This research aimed to identify the role of Olive Field Schools in raising the level of farmers' knowledge of integrated crop management, through studying some characteristics of farmers within the research sample, and determining the significance of the relationship between the studied independent variables of farmers, and the degree of their knowledge of the integrated management of the olive crop.

In addition, to determine the most influential factors on the level of knowledge of the integrated management of the crop and the most important problems facing these schools.

The study took place in some villages of Al- Sweida Governorate, in which Olive Field Schools were applied, through a questionnaire form prepared for this purpose, distributed to a simple random sample consisting of 105 farmers participated with olive field schools, taken from the population of 305 farmers and 105 non-participated with it.

The data was presented and statistically analyzed using repetition, percentages, correlation coefficients, and the multiple linear regression equation, using the SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences.

The results of the research showed that, all participated in the olive field schools were male, and more than half (56%, 58%) for participated and non- participated, respectively are between (51- 68 years), and (26%, 7%) for participated and non- participated respectively, are at the high level of inclinations to innovation, with statistically significant differences between the two groups, and (2%,32%) for participated and non-participated respectively are within the weak level of communication with agricultural extension, with statistically significant differences between the two groups.

The level of knowledge was good for 64% of the participated, and none of them appeared within the weak level.

17% of the participated indicated the importance of focusing on activities related to olive pest control.

The results showed that participation with olive field schools is one of the most influential factors on the level of knowledge.

In addition to the factor of livestock possession and the average yield of the crop.

64% of the participated farmers of the sample said that the weak funding of the olive schools is one of the most important problems of the field school activities, in addition to the lack of follow-up by the specialized staff to the school after its completion, the timing of the implementation of the field school is inappropriate.