‫أثر النوع على تبني مهارات ومعارف تقنيـــة حصـاد‬ ‫الميـاه بمحليـــة الرشاد - وليــة جنوب كردفـــان‬

Abstract

ABSTRACT The main objective of study was to analyse and idintify the impact of gender and socio-economic characteristics on adoption of water harvest techniques by using terraces or contour line technique in Jebel area in Rashad Locality. The study employed some independant variables like age ,education, income and others, and some of dependant variable like skill of the respondent in terrace building . Primary data were collected through personal questionnaire of community development committee members. Systematic random stratified had been followed to select the sample size of 125 respondents. Statistical analysis techniques (SPSS) such as percentage ,chi square and other used to identify the impact of the varible used .  The results of the study revealed that about 55,2 % of the respondants wer men , while 44.8% were women . 70.4% of the respondants used to built contour lines by using triangle and water measure , while 14.4% of women used this techniques. Most of the men wer used to repair contour lines before the rainy season , while the women repair the contour lines within the rainy season .  The study offered some recommendations but most important is that; more attention should be given to water harvest technique at Jebl area and the application of a triangle and water measure in terraces build .Training about this techinqes on other simmillar areas.