The level of applying some agricultural practices by the planters of the cucumber crop which keep the soil Fertility in Kut District- Wasit governorate

Abstract EN

The research aims at identifying the level of applying some agricultural practices by the planters of the cucumber crop which keep the soil fertility in kut District / wasit Governorate, and identifying the correlation relationship relation among the level of applying of the planter of the cucumber crop and each of the following independent factors (age, agricultural experience in the field of planting cucumber crop, and the membership of agricultural organizations).

Kut District in Wasit Governorate was chosen as an area to conduct the research because it is characterized by the presence of the largest number of cucumber planters in the governorate.

The data were collected by the questionnaire and the personal interview from a random stratified proportional sample of 30 percent from the research population which is composed of 335 planters which equals 101 planters.

The research results showed that the level of applying some agricultural practices which keep the soil fertility by the planters was intermediate category whose percentage is (47) with a rate of application reached to (46,72) degrees.

The research concluded that there is a positive morel correlative (associative) relationship between the level of applying of cucumber crop planters and all the following independent variables (age, the agricultural experience in the field of planting the cucumber crop, and the membership of agricultural organizations).