The Knowledge Level of Agricultural Extension Workers in the Climatic Changes Filed and Their Effects on Agriculture in Duhok Governorate, Iraq
The Knowledge Level of Agricultural Extension Workers in the Climatic Changes Filed and Their Effects on Agriculture in Duhok Governorate, Iraq
Hashem Saeed Murad1*, Salah Jassem Amin2, Rawa’a Muhammad Al-Chalabi3, Mahmood Khalaf Wasmi4 and Sundus Salim5
ABSTRACT
The current research aimed to estimate the knowledge level of agricultural extension workers in the Domain of climate change in Duhok Governorate Furthermore, the correlation of knowledge degree among the agricultural extension workers was determined based on the following independent variables: (age, gender, upbringing, academic qualification, specialization, duration of service in agricultural extension, training courses, and the use of information sources in the Domain of climate change). The research population included 73 employees of the Directorate of Extension of Duhok. The designed questionnaire was consisted of two parts, first one included the personal, vocational, and communication variables of the respondents, and the second part included a knowledge test to measure the level of knowledge of agricultural extension workers in the Domain of climate changes. The data was analyzed by using the SPSS program to extract arithmetic averages and percentages, the simple correlation coefficient and rank correlation of Spearman. The results showed that the degree knowledge of agricultural extension workers in the Domain of climate change in general is moderate to high while high in the causes of climate change phenomenon. It was followed by the Domain of how to face the negative effects resulting from climate change, and finally the Domain of negative effects resulting from the phenomenon of climate change. The results also showed a significant correlation between the degree of knowledge of the respondents and each of the independent variables, (extension service duration use of information sources in the Domain of climate changes). On the other hand, there was no correlation between the degree of knowledge and each of the (age, gender, upbringing, academic qualification, specialization, training courses in the Domain of climate change). Focusing on the agricultural extension workers experiences.
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