ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF FARMERS IN GERNADA AND ANDOLA IN AL.GABAL AL AKHTAR LIBYA

Document Type : Research articles.

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Abstract

This study aimed to determining the farmers environmental awareness.
to determine relationship between the degree of Farmers Environmental
Awareness and some studied independent variables to contribution of each
variable of these independent variables

The study conducted in Gernada and Gandola Al.Gabal Al-Akhdar
region on 120 of Farmers as systematic random sample equal to 50%. Using
questionnaire form prepared for this purpose. Data was collected by personal
interview.
Statistical methods for analyzing data and testing hypotheses was
simple correlation co efficient, multiple correlation and regression analysis,
means, percentages.
The results revealed that:
The farmers Environmental Awareness level was low.
simple correlation co efficient revealed that: five independent variables was
significant of Environmental Awareness level. multiple correlation and
regression analysis revealed that: four independent variables was significantly
associated with degree of Environmental Awareness level, that these variables
jointly contributed to 45%.these variables were: degree of education. degree of
social participation, degree of cosmopolite, degree of information sources.
The results revealed that neighbors, and friends was the most popular
Environmental information sources, T.V. was the second, personal experience
was the third , faculty of agriculture came at the end as the least proportion of
the respondents mentioned it as an Environmental information sources.
The Environmental training program aspects were determined on the
basis of the actual needs and the respondents characteristics.