KNOWLEDGE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ADVISORS IN THE FIELD OF INTEGRAL WEED CONTROL IN AL-GABAL EL-AKHDAR

Document Type : Research articles.

Authors

Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department-Faculty of Agriculture-University of Omar Almukhtar-Libya

Abstract

The research aimed at determing the knowledge level of agricultural
Extension advisors in the field of integral Weeds control.

The data Were collected from random sample amounted
to(80)respondents from El-GABAL EL AKHDAR the data were collected
using individual interview questionnaire, the percentages, means ,and K
2
analysis were used.
The important results of this research are as follow:
1- Low knowledge level of respondents, About 75% had a low, and average, in
the field of integral weed control.
2- There is a significant difference at 0.01 level between both of educational
qualification, the period of working in extension, the number of training
period in the field of weed control and knowledge level of respondents while
a significant difference was found at 0.05 level.