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Forest and Rangeland Staff' Training Needs in Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Correlation to Personal and Occupational Factors

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Forestry and environmental technology

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The main objective of the study is to assess the training needs of the forest and rangeland staff in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR). The procedure is to identify the training needs in all forestry aspects: (forest development, forest protection, forest range management, agro-forestry, environment, tourism and recreation and forestry extension), determining  the relationship between  the respondents  training needs and some of their  personal and occupational features, explore the problems and obstacles in the protection and development of forests in IKR; consider the respondents' suggestions  for developing and improving Iraqi Kurdistan Region forests. The research samples included 132 employees representing about 77.19% of the research population. The data was collected through questionnaires and personal interviews. The following are the main findings of the study:
The results show that 49% of the respondents need extensive training in all the studied forestry disciplines and that there is a significant correlation between the need for training and each of the independent variables (age, career service and origin). Besides, the three stated variables altogether explain about 33.7 % of the variance in the IKR forest and rangeland staff's' need for training. In light of the study findings, the recommendations was  developing  training plans and programs for the Iraqi Kurdistan region forest and rangeland staff in the prioritized topics the respondents desire to be trained in.

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10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2015.2910

Authors

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Abid Ali Hasan

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Al-Doski

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College of Agriculture and Forestry-University of Dohuk Kurdistan Region _Iraq

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Mijda Bahzad

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Mohammad Alsinayi

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College of Agriculture and Forestry-University of Dohuk Kurdistan Region _Iraq

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Volume

36

Article Issue

JULY-SEPTEMBER

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530

Issue Date

2015-09-01

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2015-07-29

Publish Date

2015-09-01

Page Start

249

Page End

261

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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ASEJAIQJSAE_Volume 36_Issue JULY-SEPTEMBER_Pages 249-261.pdf

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Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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Forest and Rangeland Staff' Training Needs in Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Correlation to Personal and Occupational Factors

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22 Jan 2023