Awareness of Workers to Extension Damaged of The Use of Agricultural Chemicals in Salah- Alddin Provence

Abstract

The research aims to determine of awareness of workers to the extension damaged of the use of agricultural chemicals in Salah- Addin province in general, as well as to identify the correlation between the level of awareness and some independent factors. Division which includes (257)employees, become the number(228)a random sample proportional 50% selected so became the total number of members of the sample (114) employees, neglected (6) forms data were analysis (108) respondent. A questionnaire includes two parts: The first part is included questions related to a number of independent factors, the second part awareness of the scale segment consists of (108) paragraph after an apparent honesty and sincerity was amended paragraph addition and deletion according to the opinions of experts and bringing the number of vertebrae gauge(76) items, than calculate the half-split which was(0.93). The results showed that the general of awareness of the respondents, was medium to high, and found a significant correlation relationship with academic achievement, sources of information, and the attitude towards food free from contamination of agrichemicals chemicals. the researcher recommends that the workers needs to extension in the damage caused by agricultural chemicals, in the province in order to provide the respondents with necessary information damage to agricultural fertilizers and pesticides and expertise pests that takes thread a special significance because it is related to human health and nutrition and the environment.