Summary | This research was conducted in Jableh district from Latakia governorate/ Syria in 2107, due to the importance of greenhouse tomato in this area. Five villages that grow Greenhouse tomato and 25 farmers from each village were randomly selected. The data were collected by using a specially designed questioner after traying and adjusting it, so that the final size of sample was 110 farmers after discarding the uncompleted questioners. The research aimed to study some personal and socio – economic characteristics of tomato farmers and to determine their knowledge level about Integrated pest Management (IPM) of greenhouse tomato. The result showed that, majority of respondents were males and have low level of education (intermediate and below 65.5%), middle age (51.1%) and medium-sized families (59.1%). The social participation of respondents was between medium (51.8%) and low level (28.2%) . The results also showed that the majority of farmers obtained their agricultural information through greenhouse farmers (45.5%) and agricultural extension (42%), and the highest percentage (46.4%) of protected tomatoes farmers had the average level of knowledge and then the low (30%). The study also showed a positive and significant relationship between the age of farmers, their level of education, the level of their social participation, the diversity of their sources of information, and the productivity of the greenhouse. The research concluded a number of recommendations. |