THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN ENABLING VEGETABLE FARMERS TO FACE CLIMATE CHANGE IN IRAQ/ CASE STUDY IN BAGHDAD AND BABYLON GOVERNORATES

Abstract

The aim of the research is to identify the role of agricultural extension in enabling vegetable farmers to face climate change in Iraq in general, and in each of the following research roles : ( The planning role, The role of capacity development and improvement includes:{ agricultural extension workers, vegetable farmers}, the media role, The role of coordination and partnership, The role of encouraging innovation, The role of disseminating modern technologies, The role of organizing farmers, The role of follow-up and evaluation), To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire consisting of (72) paragraphs distributed over (8) areas was designed , and then its design procedures were completed in terms of honesty and consistency, the study included all the employees of the guidance institutions in the governorates of Baghdad and Babylon, numbering (267) workers, from whom a random sample was drawn stratified proportionate by (50%) amounting to (123) respondents, after the respondents were excluded from the Guidance Center in Abu gharq as a survey sample, numbering (22) respondents, the data was collected and then analyzed using the social statistical analysis software (SPSS). The research results have shown that the role of agricultural extension in enabling vegetable farmers to face climate changes at an average level with a weighted average of (2.40) degrees, and a percentage weight of (49.32%), and the research results also showed that the roles of workers in the above eight agricultural extension have received weighted circles ranging between (2.57) degrees and( 2.33) degrees, which is less than the hypothetical average of the scale of (3) degrees, we conclude from this that the role of agricultural extension growing vegetables to cope with climate change on average overall in the study area, The research recommended the need to strengthen and intensify agricultural extension work, as well as the need to coordinate with all relevant institutions to face the emerging climate changes in Iraq.