توجهات مزارعي الخضروات نحو الزراعة العضوية في الأردن

Abstract EN

The main purpose of this study was to assess attitudes of vegetable farmers towards organic agriculture in Jordan.

A 4-point Likert-type scale, which comprises four sub-scales, was utilized to survey 370 farmers in Al-Mafraq and Jordan valley area.

The results showed that the attitude degree for farmers in Almafraq area were higher than for farmers in Jordan valley.

Furthermore, farmers had limited knowledge in the application of some organic farming practices.

The study revealed that the majority of farmers (about 86%) were within neutral or negative attitudes, and about 14% of farmers were within positive attitudes.

Therefore, for changing farmers attitudes.The study recommend training and awareness program courses by agriculture extension department in retail marketing are needed to enhance their knowledge in organic products marketing