PROBLEMS FACING FODDER CROP FARMERS IN THE SIDE OF RUSAFA/ BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the problems facing fodder crop farmers in the side of Rusafa/ Baghdad Governorate, where the research community included all the agricultural divisions of the Directorate of Agriculture in Baghdad Governorate/ Rusafa and the number (5) agricultural divisions and a have withdrawn a random sample of them at a rate of 50% and it was (3) agricultural divisions , and a random stratified sample was selected proportional from the farmers of fodder crops by 40% of each agricultural division and their total became (145) farmers, and research data was collected using a questionnaire that included 35 paragraph distributed in two fields and the first field included five axes, and the data was analyzed using the statistical analysis program spss, as well as the use of manual analysis using the Vakronbach coefficient, the weighted mean, the hypothetical mean and weight percentile, and the results of the research showed that the problems facing Fodder Crop farmers are many and varied, as the problems associated with the environment came in the beginning in terms of importance with a weighted mean (3.61) degrees and a weight percentile (90.25) degrees, then followed by problems Associated with the cultivation and service of the crop with a weighted mean (3.48) degrees and a weight percentile (87) degrees, and We conclude from this agreement and approval of all respondents on the fields, axes and paragraphs of the questionnaire, and the researcher has recommended the need for more efforts by the extension institutions And the relevant authorities to prepare and implement programs that include activities and practices such as extension seminars and training courses, and work on communication and exchange of visits and attention to modern means of communication in a way that contributes to addressing the problems facing farmers in the field of cultivation and productivity of fodder crops and ways to address them and find solutions, and provide and provide the necessary support to farmers by the Ministry of Agriculture and the relevant authorities represented by production requirements.