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The research aims to identify level of farmers knowledge in Rabia Subdistrict/Nineveh governorateon potato cultivation , identifiy the differences in Knowledge level according to some variables: Age, Education level, years' number of experience potato farming, land ownership, number of dependent information sources of potato , monthly income, type farming career and previous training, and identify the problems facing the potato cultivation.The data were collected by a questionnaire, and analyzed by using Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann_Whitney test. The important results showed that (45.88 %) of the farmers have medium knowledge, the higher knowledge level in crop service field , there are significant differences in knowledge levels according to age, educational level, number of experience years of potato crop, type of farming career and the important problems facing potato farmers is high price of production cost, also there are some recommendations and suggestions. Keyword: Knowledge level, potato farmers, problem. Received: 11/10/ 2018, Accepted: 19/3/2019 Introduction Rural community development programs have a great interest to governmental institutions ,especially in developing countries this is due to the believe of these countries including Iraq that the attitude towards the agricultural development is the foundation of the development as a essential step to development society as a whole (Al-Eqabi and Al-Badri,2007). Agricultural area development is complicated process ,which involves many things and troubles which require a solutions (Ziemianczyk etat,2014 ) , to face these troubles must the techniques be translated in the confirmation stage ,farmers seeks reinforcement innovation -decision and may reverse this decision if exposed to conflicting messages about the innovation ,also to avoid a state dissonance or reduce it and to overcome these problems(Rogers,2003) .The lack of knowledge and its provision on technological is an issue as farmers are unable in obtaining the required knowledge and skills, extension services are critical to increase agriculture production(Anonymous,2009),potato is grown with spring and autumn berries for the consumtion or seed production demand has increasedon it and the Iraqi consumption pattern has increased significantly (Thallaj and Al– Najjar,2013)Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the levels of potato farmers in the under study area prior to the transfer technology that specific to potato cultivation, in order to identify the flaw in their knowledge and the associated struggles and spread the realist techniques needed by the potato farmers to develop the crop and increase production (quantity and quality), despite the tremendous development on the level of researches and scientific achievements, our knowledge of the essence of information, نــيدـفارــلا ةـــعارز ةـــلـجـم ( دلجملا 47 ( ددعلا ) 1 ) 2019 ISSN: 2224 9796 (Online) ISSN: 1815 316 X (Print) Mesopotamia J. of Agric. Vol. (47) No. (1) 2019

Farmers Knowledge Level of Potato Crop Cultivation in Rabia Sub- district / Nineveh Governorate