OBSTACLES TO THE TRANSFER OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF RESEARCHERS IN RESEARCH CENTERS IN THE PROVINCE OF BAGHDAD

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the obstacles to the transfer of agricultural techniques facing researchers in research centers affiliated with the Agricultural Research Authority / Ministry of Agriculture in Baghdad Governorate. The study included all researchers (97) researchers in research stations and centers in Baghdad governorate. A questionnaire was prepared for the collection of research data consisting of two parts, the first part of which included the personal characteristics of the respondents (age, job title, work site, participation in research projects, participation in extension activities).While the second part (80) included the words of each of them is a problem of technology transfer problems distributed in the following areas of research (the field of general obstacles, the field of obstacles for agriculture, the area of obstacles for researchers, the field of technical constraints, the field of constraints of the Department of Agricultural Extension). Has been presented to specialists in agricultural extension and psychology to achieve virtual honesty and honesty of content.The results showed that researchers at research centers of the General Authority for Agricultural Research (GARA) face significant obstacles in the transfer of technologies to farmers. The researcher also stressed the importance of participating researchers in the extension activities to enable them to develop their communication skills with farmers.