Ruba Al qasem*(1), Talal Razzouk (1) and Khetam Idris (2)
(1). Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria.
(2). Homs Research Center, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Eng. Ruba Alqasem. E-Mail: roubaalqasem@gmail.com).
Received: 20/05/ 2022 Accepted: 13/06/2022
Abstract:
The aim of this research is to determine the level of knowledge of the farmers of the rainfed vineyard about the practices of organic farming, and to study the impact of social and economic factors on the knowledge level of farmers. In achieving its objectives, it relied on the primary data collected through the personal interview of 361 farmers of the vineyard in Homs governorate for the year 2020, and that Using a form prepared for this purpose, the descriptive method was relied on to analyze the data. The simple correlation coefficient (Pearson), the Spearman-Brown correlation coefficient, the Point Passerial coefficient and the ETA coefficient were used to study the correlation and ordinal regression to determine the most important variables affecting the level of farmers’ knowledge of some organic farming practices after That a measure of the level of knowledge was prepared, the results showed that about (44%) of the farmers of the research sample have limited knowledge, while about (53.7%) their level of knowledge is medium, and the remaining percentage, which is about (2.2%) only have good knowledge. The results showed a relationship There is a positive morale between educational level, holding size and income, and between knowledge level, and negative with age. The research recommended strengthening the role of agricultural extension in educating and raising awareness of grape farmers. and transfer of agricultural knowledge to them by preparing a scientific and practical plan according to the knowledge levels of the farmers.
Keywords: Vine growers, organic farming, cognitive level, ordinal regression.
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