author(s)
Rasha Raad Jaber and Mahmoud Hadis Jassim

abstract
The aim of the study is to determine the level of knowledge of agricultural employees in the planning process for transferring agricultural technologies for yellow corn crops in Kirkuk Governorate in general, and to arrange the study stages in descending order based on the agricultural workers\' level of expertise in the research area\'s planning process and to ascertain the relationship between the agricultural workers\' level of in the planning process in the research area and the variables specific to employees represented in (academic achievement, academic specialization, administrative position, and the trend towards modern technologies). All of the agricultural workers in the research area were part of the study community, numbering (206) employees distributed over 14 agricultural divisions with the Kirkuk Agriculture Directorate, and a survey sample of (33) employees was taken, thus the number of employees subject to the research became (173) employees, a simple random sample of 60% was selected in a proportional manner so that the number of respondents who underwent the research procedures became (106) employees. A questionnaire form was prepared that included 43 paragraphs distributed over the following research stages (preliminary stage, planning stage, implementation stage, evaluation stage). Each stage included a number of paragraphs (6, 8, 14, 15) respectively. The findings demonstrated that, generally speaking, agricultural workers\' knowledge levels are average and tend to increase., which indicates the effective role of agricultural employees. The research recommended the necessity of opening training courses for agricultural employees in the field of program planning in cooperation with the guidance center and involving the faculty of the College of Agriculture | University of Kirkuk in the training curriculum.