APPLICATION OF CORN GROWERS OF SOME AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES WHICH MAINTAIN SOIL AND IT'SFERTILITY IN  AL-MUSAYIB PROJECT DISTRICT/ BABYLON GOVERNORATE

H. Khudher, Th.; A. Al-Mashhdany, M.

	APPLICATION OF CORN GROWERS OF SOME AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES WHICH MAINTAIN SOIL AND IT'SFERTILITY IN AL-MUSAYIB PROJECT DISTRICT/ BABYLON GOVERNORATE
IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE
Article 1, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 0-0
Authors
Th. H. Khudher; M. A. al-Mashhdany
Abstract
The Research aimed to identify the level of application of corn growers in agricultural practices that maintain to sustain soil fertility in Musayib project district/ Governorate of Babil, and to identify the level of application corn growers the axes agricultural practices (relevent acrop rotation, using organic and mineral fertilizers, the optimal using water, the use of hybrids and mechanical fertilization, the practice of crop service processes), and to identify the relationship between the level of application of corn growers to some agricultural practices and some independent variables (educational attainment, agricultural expertise in corn cultivation, size of the holding planted, crop productivity, get the relevant sources of agricultural information to maintain and sustain soil fertility). Data were collected during July and August / 2014 by questionare with interview Results showed that the level of application of the farmers to some of the relevent agricultural practices to maintain sustain soil fertility was medium, amounting to 45% and the rate of application (33.2) degrees, Also, the application of the farmers at the center of the crop rotation was average level tends to rise at a rate of 42.5% and the rate of application of (7.64) degrees, while the appear of the level of application of the growers of both axes (the use of organic and mineral fertilizers, the use of mechanical camel, fertilizing, use Optimal water) high rate (47.5% 0.80% 0.85%), respectively, and the rate of application (12.6,6.3,5.4) degrees respectively, and that the application of the farmers to the axis of practice to get service operations level was low and the rate of 77.5% and the rate of (2.6) degrees, Search results also showed the presence of significant relationship between the level of application of corn growers administrative practices and all of the independent factors (educational attianment, agricultural experience,size of holding planted, crop productivity, access to sources of information Agricultural extension). The research recommended that need for growers to fallow all studied practices with a focus on practices that were applied poorly by the respondents up to other practices with the need to take advantage of the growers who have a high level of their application. The research also recommend that Ministry of Agriculture supporting smallholder farmers by through loans from the Agricultural Bank, and the company(Mesopotamia Seed) responsible for the receipt of the crop which is also responsible for the program adopted by the ministry to raise the production and processing of growers every novelty for corn crop yellow, as well as working on the publication of crop maize farming practices through extension activities focus on the programs of TV and radio, bulletins, training courses, seminars on the explanatory information and fields around these practices to farmers.

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