The aim of this study was to investigate knowledge of farmers on postharvest
treatment in al-Hussainiah district, in order to determine the factors
affecting this knowledge.
A pre-test questionnaire used for data collection during January 2002 whe
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50 framers (35% of population) were interviewed.
Frequencies, percentage Pearsonian correlation were used for data
presentation and analysis.
The result could be summarized as following:
The degree of knowledge of farmers about the post-harvest processing was
weak. There were significant differences (p<0.01) between the degree of
knowledge of farmers about post-harvest processing and the following factors:
age, social status, agricultural experience, size of agricultural land used, other
occupation, percentage of agricultural reliance, extension agent in area,
number of extension agent visits to farmers, source of information, perceptive
production problems, and training needs in agricultural marketing. There was
a significant difference (p<0.05) between the degree of knowledge of farmers
about post-harvest processing and educational status.
