The Supportive Policies and Dimensions of Environmental Security in Agriculture of Iran

The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the supportive policies and dimensions of environmental security in agriculture of Iran, within the ten months period. The population consisted of all extension experts in the Khuzestan Province of Iran (N =110). All of experts were interviewed. A mailed questionnaire was used to collect the data. Consequently 86 questionnaires were analyzed. Ranking indicated that the 4 most important supportive policies regarding environmental security in agriculture were: encouraging farmers for using sustainable methods, increasing knowledge of farmers regarding environmental security, dissemination of organic farming and considering financial credit for regarding environmental security. As the results indicated the 4 most important dimensions of environmental security in agriculture. Namely, they are (1) conservation of basic resources, (2) dissemination of new methods, (3) equality in distribution of resources and finally and (4) reduce chemical material in agriculture. So, provide new information for consumer and farmers, support information system to link research, extension and farmers and support for farmers training are very vital key toward sustainability.