The knowledge level of agricultural employees in the field of sustainable agricultural development in Tikrit district / Salah Al-Din governorate

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the level of knowledge of agricultural employees in the field of sustainable agricultural development in the district of Tikrit / Salah al-Din Governorate, and to determining a correlation between the level of knowledge of agricultural employees and some personal and functional variables represented in (age, gender, educational attainment, number of years of agricultural service, and sources of information on sustainable agricultural development). The research included all 106 agricultural employees in Tikrit district. A questionnaire was prepared to collect the required data. It consisted of two parts. The first part included the variables specific to agricultural employees represented in (age, gender, educational attainment, number of years of service in agricultural departments, and sources of information on sustainable agricultural development), while the second section included a scale for measuring the level of knowledge of agricultural employees consisting of (38) items, The results showed that more than a third of the respondents had a medium to low level of knowledge. The results also showed a significant correlation between the level of knowledge of agricultural employees and the majority of the factors studied. The researchers concluded the importance of these factors in training agricultural employees in the field of sustainable agricultural development. The researchers recommend the implementation of training courses for agricultural employees In the field of sustainable agricultural development and increasing the sources of information on sustainable agricultural development in the research area.