srjalsSRJALSSRJALS2788-9386https://doi.org/10.47310/srjals.2025.v05i02.003The Trend of Farmers towards using Modern Irrigation Systems, its Causes and Influencing Factors in Wasit ProvinceAliHashim AbdulrazzaqHusseinNemah Khalaf Al-AboudiCollege of Agriculture-Wasit University, Wasit, IraqWasit Governorate Agriculture Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, IraqThe research focused on determines the degree of farmers' attitudes toward this use. Also, to identifying the most important reasons for farmers' tendency toward modern irrigation systems. In addition, to determine the relationship between the independent variables studied and the degree of their attitude toward using modern irrigation systems. As well as, to determine the degree of contribution of each independent variable associated with the dependent variable. A random sample of 200 farmers was selected from the total number of farmers, 1.348 registered in the agricultural division of the research area. This brought the percentage of farmers in the study area to 14.84%. The study concluded the following main findings: Nearly half of the sample 49 farmers had a positive attitude toward using modern irrigation systems. A positive correlation was also found between the degree of attitude toward the use of modern irrigation systems and each of the following independent variables for the respondents: farm holding size, exposure to mass media, formal and informal social participation and contact with change agents and attitude toward agricultural extension. There was a positive relationship at the (0.05) level between the degree of attitude and each of the following variables: farm holding size, formal social participation and contact with change agents. The calculated Pearson's coefficient values ​​for each were, respectively: 0.1761, 0.2091 and 0.1862. These values ​​are higher than the tabular value at the same significance level, which is 0.172. This relationship was also positive at the (0.01) level, with the calculated value of the correlation coefficient between farmers' attitudes toward using modern irrigation systems and their exposure to communication media being 0.2708. The value of this coefficient for informal social participation was 0.2461 and for attitudes toward agricultural extension, it was 0.5530. All of the above values ​​were higher than the tabulated correlation coefficient value at the (0.01) level of significance, which was 0.226. The two variables attitudes toward agricultural extension and the size of the agricultural holding, each contributed 32.66% of the total variance of the dependent variable. Only two variables contributed to the total variance explained by the degree of tendency towards using modern irrigation systems and their combined contribution to this degree was 32.661 of which 30.58% was attributed to the tendency towards agricultural guidance and 2.081% to the size of the agricultural holding. By testing the significance of this contribution, it became clear that the contribution percentage of these two variables was significant at the level of (0.01).