دراسة تحليلية للاحتياجات المعرفية لحائزي الأغنام ببعض مناطق الجبل الأخضر-ليبيا

Abstract EN

The research aimed at studying the knowledge needs of farmers possessing sheep, recognizing their knowledge sources, determining the relationship between the degree of knowledge need and independent studied variables, the problems facing them and their suggestions in this field.

A random sample was taken in a ratio of 45% from Messa, Alwaseta, and omar almoukhtar regions locating in al gabal alakhtar led into 127 researched members from a population of 270.

Data were collected through a questionnaire with personal interview, the researchers used percentages, frequencies, average, standard deviation, simple correlation coefficient and chi square in data analysis.

The results showed that the majority of the researched members were of middle and big ages (75.6%), (90.6%) had different educational levels, the size of sheep possession ranged from (122- 246) head of cheep, the results demonstrated that they highly depended on neigh pours and veterinary units as sources of knowledge.

The results also showed that (69.3%) of them were of middle and high knowledge need.

There was a correlative relationship at 0.01 level between the total degree of knowledge.

Need 5 and knowledge.

Sources, the results cleared an existence of a relationship at 0.05 level between the total degree of knowledge requirement and each of : age, educational level, size of sheep possession, and knowledge sources .