The needs for Empowerment of Vegetable growers in the Transition to Sustainable family Farming systems

Abstract

The research aims to identify the needs related to the empowerment of rural women working in the field of vegetable cultivation in the transition to sustainable family agricultural systems, and to achieve this goal, a questionnaire form was prepared that included 28 items distributed on four axes of needs (extension, economic, social and technological), and after the completion of its presentation to the arbitrators, data was collected from 90 rural women working in the field of vegetable cultivation in the Karkh and Rusafa sides of Baghdad Governorate, and the results of the research showed that all The paragraphs came within the level of great  need and the average degrees of importance ranged between (3.30 – 3.96)  degrees with an average importance of 3.78 degrees according to a quadruple need runway with a maximum value of 4 and a minimum value of 1. Foremost among them are: Building my capacities to rationalize water consumption through the use of modern irrigation technologies in vegetable cultivation, Building my capacities in the field of storage and use of environmentally friendly pesticides and promoting biological control, Building my capacity to adapt to climate changes and local geographical conditions that affect the production of vegetable crops,  The results showed that the social needs axis ranked first in terms of importance with an average of 3.71 degrees, while the technological needs axis came in second place in terms of importance with an average of 3.69 degrees, followed by the extension needs axis with an average of 3.47 degrees, and the economic needs axis ranked fourth in terms of importance with an average of 3.33 degrees. Based on the results of the research, the researchers recommend the need for the relevant authorities to empower rural women to stand on the results of this study and take them into account when making development decisions and building programs and strategies for empowering rural women to achieve the process of transformation into sustainable family agricultural systems in Baghdad Governorate.