Environmental Factors and Their Impact on Some Agricultural Products in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Libya

Abstract

Environmental changes directly affect agricultural activities, and environmental conditions play a vital role in determining the types of crops that can be planted, the timing of planting, the rate of production and product quality.  3areas have been identified in the Green Mountain (Butrabah, al Marj and Marawah) where some agricultural pests have spread, which caused damage to agricultural production. Soil and plant samples were collected and climatic data were monitored to determine the factors contributing to the spread of the pest of agricultural production damage. The prevalence of pests turned out to be similar in the three regions, Although the severity of the injury varies between regions. the butrabah region was the most affected compared to the rest of the regions, the reason may be due to the climatic conditions, where the humidity and temperature rates were high in the 2024 season, the January temperature ranged from 9-23C°while the relative humidity is 90 – 99%, which encouraged the appearance of agricultural pests early, This caused the stress of plants and reduced their ability to grow and absorb nutrients from the soil, which reflected on the quality of agricultural production, It is also considered that adding fertilizer rates to the soil randomly contributed to a contrast effect between some soil elements, which affected the availability of some elements such as calcium, which the plant needs during the fruiting stages mainly, In addition to not following a soil management program that promotes soil health, Where most farmers adopt preventive programs against fungi and insects during certain dates , due to the influence of environmental changes that contributed to the early onset of the injury, which affected the physiological qualities of the plant, which effectively affected the quality of food products, the results showed the inability of the plant to complete the production cycle and produce fruits suitable for consumption and marketing.