The Level of Tomato Growers' Application of Scientific Recommendations in the District of Al-Alam / Salah Al-Din Governorate and Its Relationship to Some Variables

Abstract

The research aims to measure the level of application of tomato growers of scientific
recommendations in the district of Al-Alam / Salah Al-Din Governorate, as well as to find a
correlation between the level of farmers’ application of scientific recommendations and
personal variables, namely (age, ownership of agricultural equipment, participation in
extension activities, and the purpose of cultivating the crop, And sources of information about
the tomato crop) as well as identifying the problems faced by the tomato crop growers in the
district of Al-Alam, the research community included all the (454) farmers of the tomato crop
in the district of Al-Alam. After excluding the exploratory sample of (30) farmers, a random
sample of (30%) was selected, thus bringing the total number of the research sample to (127)
farmers. It included a test consisting of 40 items distributed over seven areas (land preparation,
planting date, method, variety selection, fertilization, irrigation, pest control, maturity, and
harvesting. Several statistical methods were used to analyze the data (range, Pearson and
Spearman's law, and T-test).
The results showed that the level of application of the scientific recommendations by the
tomato crop growers was high, tending to the average, and the problem of low crop prices at
the peak of production ranked first. The researchers concluded that farmers need more
extension activities that would train them on how to apply techniques for growing tomatoes.
The researchers recommend that the extension system and the responsible authorities
implement activities to provide farmers with the necessary information and expertise to ensure
that farmers know how to apply scientific recommendations in the field of crop service, in
addition to government support for tomato growers in the research area.