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- Itemالقيمة الإقتصادية والإجتماعية للبذور البلدية من وجهة نظر المزارعين في جنوب الضفة الغربية(AL-Quds University, 2013-06-01) مجدولين مصباح اسحق الرجبي; Majdoleen Mosbah Ishaq Al Rajabee; طلعت التميمي; د. ثمين هيجاوي; د. حسان أبو قاعودAbstract: This study was conducted during 2010- 2012 where the sample represented the farmers from the villages of Halhoul, Surif, Alkhadir and Wadi Fukin. The study sample was random sample represented by 162 female and male farmers where the sample was randomly selected.Twenty farmers and domestic seeds experts were interviewed. The study mainly aimed to recognize the economical and social value of the domestic seeds according to the farmers, and identify the obstacles facing the spread of the domestic seeds among the farmers. The researcher used two methodologies of descriptive and analytical approaches. The data was gathered and tested according to the hypotheses based on the previous literature that were reviewed, critically analyzed and processed the outputs of the surveys using the SPSS program. The result of the study had shown that there is an economical value for the domestic seeds, where the farmer according to their answers in the survey had registered an arithmetic mean of 4.2 regarding the farmers' ability to gather and store the domestic seeds for the following season. This is because the domestic seeds showed resistance of the diseases and pests. Moreover, the seeds are easy to trade with . The interviewed experts had answered with a percentage of 90% that there exist an economical value for the domestic seeds and confirmed that its usage decreases any other expenses and increases the income of the farmer and consumer as product, also it's considered resisting to the diseases and the pests and endures droughts. Moreover, 10% of the interviewee had refused to use the domestic seeds because they are seasonal and not able to compete with the improved seeds. The results had showed that there is a social value for the domestic seeds, where when it was ranked in descending order based on its importance it obtained the highest arithmetic mean of 4.55 of the farmers choosing to plant the domestic seeds because the special taste of its fruits , they're able to store the fruits and keep it. Also its related to the agricultural heritage in the area. According to the experts 95% of them answered that the domestic seeds helps to enhance the social relations among the farmers through its production and its د marketing, having seasonal exhibitions and the entire family participate in the production process so it's considered a cultural social heritage. Regarding the obstacles to the spread of the domestic seeds, the results showed the limited local and international financial support of researches to improve the domestic agriculture. Moreover, no financial supports nor facilitated loans for farmers using domestic types. The study had showed that opening the Palestinian market to the Israeli products and the availability of huge amounts of genetic modified seeds had contributed in the loss of the types of the domestic seeds.The interviewees had assured the above mentioned obstacles and added new and many other obstacles existing in the current context .The results had shown that using the domestic seeds is profitable in all kinds of vegetables except for the wheat crops , where for each dunum all the vegetables exceeded 1000 NIS of profit which is considered efficient and profitable specially if the the area cultivated is large. the farmers tend to plant the wheat for the household consumption and for livestock. In the end of the study the researcher had presented some suggestions and recommendations to enhance and sustain the usage of the domestic seeds through a public organization that improves, produce the domestic seeds, monitor the process and collecting data and experiences available of the farmers. The data collected should be verified systematically to be considered as sound and reliable data. Furthermore, the farmers should be supported financially with big-scale projects that serves the farmers themselves focusing on the domestic seeds agriculture. Seasonal agricultural exhibitions should be held in each area of Palestine according to its agricultural nature. Training courses should be conducted for the farmers and agronomists continuously depending on the seasons and focusing on the importance of the domestic seeds usages. And finally establishing agricultural local associations and organisations specialized in local agriculture by the farmers themselves