Knowledge needs of agricultural employees in the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate in the field of producing green fodder grown from barley seeds

Jasim AL-joboury, Ali Mohammad; Dawood, Maher Ibrahim; Hussein, Amera Younis

doi:10.58928/ku25.16110

	Knowledge needs of agricultural employees in the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate in the field of producing green fodder grown from barley seeds
Kirkuk University Journal for Agricultural Sciences (KUJAS)
Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 61-66 PDF (407.41 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.58928/ku25.16110
Authors
Ali Mohammad Jasim AL-joboury^* ; Maher Ibrahim Dawood; Amera Younis Hussein
University of Mosul
Abstract
The objective of the research is to identify the knowledge needs of the agricultural employees of the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate in the production of green fodder derived from barley seeds in general, to arrange its poverty according to importance and to establish a correlation between the knowledge needs of agricultural employees and certain independent variables. The research included all the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate's agricultural employees (416) Agricultural employees and a proportionate random sample of these employees’ members was selected in proportion (25%) Thus, the search sample reached )104(agricultural employees. The data was collected by a questionnaire form and the apparent authenticity of the questionnaire was extracted and its constant coefficient was calculated in alfa-kronbach and for data analysis. using appropriate statistical means. The results showed that the percentage (50 %) of agricultural employees have a Medium tendency to rise in the production of green fodder cultivated from barley seeds. And there's a moral connection between the degree of knowledge needs of agricultural employees in the area of green fodder production derived from barley seeds and the age variable - academic achievement, the number of years of agricultural career service. While there is no moral correlation between knowledge needs and gender variables, specialization in agricultural extension, upbringing, and sources of information on agricultural employees' knowledge needs. One of the most important recommendations and proposals of the researcher is the preparation of training courses for agricultural employees and the promotion of the level of knowledge of agricultural employees in the production of green feed from barley seeds through cooperation with the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry and coordination with the Directorate of Agriculture of Nineveh and its agricultural divisions and agricultural extension and training
Keywords
Agricultural; Technology; seeds; Extension; Mosul

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