Training Needs of potato growers in sub district the Al-Nasr and Salam / Abu Ghraib/ Baghdad governorate

The research aimed to determine the level of training needs for potato farmers in Al-Nasr andAl-Salam sub-district / Abu Ghraib district, and to determine the correlation between the trainingneeds of farmers and some independent variables related to them, represented by (age, educationallevel, cultivated area, ownership of agricultural equipment and the attitude towards training), andarranging the problems facing farmers Descending.In order to achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire was prepared consisting of threeparts, the first part of which included the independent variables of farmers, while the second partincluded a scale of training needs related to agricultural operations for growing the potato crop,which included (47) paragraphs distributed over seven areas, namely (land preparation, cultivationmethod, fertilization, irrigation, hoeing, pest control, and harvesting). The third part included (12)a problem that is considered one of the most important problems facing potato farmers in Al-Nasrand Al-Salam district / Abu Ghraib district.The research community included all the potato crop growers in Al-Nasr and Al-Salam district,who numbered (1356) farmers distributed over five provinces (Ghariba and Soleimani, Mahmoudiand Mufti, Biala, Abadi and Hawr Al-Basha, Western Radwaniyah).An exploratory sample of (30) farmers was taken from the provinces of (Biyala, Abadi and HawrAl-Basha), with (15) farmers from each of them, for the purpose of conducting the initial test todetermine the validity and reliability of the form. While the community subject to the researchprocedures included three provinces representing (60%) of the five provinces, which are (Gharibaand Soleimani, Mahmoudi and Mufti, and Al-Radwaniyah Al-Gharbiya), comprising (1054)farmers, from whom a simple proportional random sample was taken at a rate of (10%) and thusthe number of farmers covered by the procedures Research (105) farmers.The results showed that the average degrees of training needs in general tend to be high, and thatthere is a significant correlation between training needs and the variables (age, educational level,possession of agricultural equipment and the attitude towards training), and it was also found thatpotato growers in the research area suffer from major problems, although The problem of (lack ofgovernment support for farmers) came first, and the researchers recommend the need to work tomeet the training needs of potato farmers in Al-Nasr and Al-Salam