Abstract
The objectives of this research were to determine the range of problems operating and maintenance of sprinkler irrigation systems of the farmers in Al-Jazeera irrigation project in Nenevah governorate, and to find out if significant differences exist in range of these problems according to some variables. The research sample included 104 respondents, the data were collected through a questionnaire specially designed for determining the range of problems. After testing the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, the researchers used Arithmetic mean, Kruskal-Wallis test and t-test to analyze the data. It was found that there were very big problems for 66.348% of the respondents in operating and maintenance of sprinkler irrigation systems, also there were significant differences in the range of problems according to these variables: educational level, type of holding, years of utilizing the system, optimism, income, work in farm, and size of holding, while there were no significant differences according to: type of profession, sources of information and previous training.
