Investigation of Environmental Attitude and Behavior of Farmers in Ilam Province’s by Using New Ecological Paradigm(NEP)Scale

The purpose of this study was to investigate the environmental attitude and behavior of farmers in the Ilam Province. The population of the research was 210 Farmers. Data were obtained through questionnaire surveys based on the NEP scale and administered to stakeholder in January of 2011 of Ilam Province. The main tool in this Study is questionnaire and its reliability and validity was tested based on expert’s opinion and a pilot study and its Alfa level was %78. For data processing, descriptive statistics were used. Results show that the mean score of the NEP was 51.33 in the study. The results show that the odd-numbered and the even-numbered items in the study have similar tendencies.