Sources of Decision-Making on Agricultural Operations for Farmers in the Village of Mahdia in Hawija District/ Kirkuk Governorate / Iraq

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The research aims to identify the sources of decision-making to do agricultural operations by Farmers in village of Mahdia in Hawija district . Also the research aims to examine the relationship between the number of sources the decision to conduct agricultural operations and the personal characteristics of farmers. It included searching all farmers in village of Mahdia in Hawija distraict in Kirkuk governorate totaling 42 farmers. A questionnaire was designed to collect research data comprising two parts: the first to know what personal characteristics, and second to determine the type and number of sources of decision- making agriculture by farmers. The second part included the eight sources to the resolution of the twenty-two process Agricultural required agricultural production and marketing process. After the completion of the preparation of the questionnaire to collect research data
 
from 40 farmers, it has been discharged, compiled and analyzed using some statistical means of percentages and frequencies, Pearson correlation coefficient and chi square test.
The results showed that decisions farm personally taken by the farmers in the first and then to consult with the agricultural extension agent when making decisions farm, while consulting the wife in another list of sources of the resolution, which could be adopted by farmers in their decision making farm came. The results showed that (90%) of farmers rely on a small number of sources to an average resolution does not exceed (5) sources. Also it was found that there is a significant relationship between all the studied variables and the number of sources of the resolution adopted by the respondent when making its decisions farm.

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