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The relationship between human and nature has become one of the most important topics of the world community because it seems that natural resources are consumed and destroyed by humans faster than the time they need to recover, and due to unethical behavior with nature, many environmental problems have been arisen. Agricultural extension experts play a key role in informing and influencing farmers through education and development efforts. Understanding their attitude, behavior and ethics towards the environment can be effective on their practical strategy behaviors to change the attitude and environmental ethics of people including farmers. Considering the importance of the subject, this research aimed to investigate the environmental ethics of agricultural experts. The current research was carried out as a descriptive-cross-sectional census survey. The statistical population of interest included the agricultural experts worked at Dezful’s Agricultural Jihad Administration in 2023 (N=70). . The data collection instrument was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by consulting with a panel of experts and its reliability was approved by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient, composite reliability, homogeneity composite reliability and average variance extracted. Findings showed that the level of environmental ethics of agricultural experts is at an optimal level in termsof Anthropocentrism, Ecocentrism, and Theocentrism dimensions.The results of the Pearson correlation analysis showed that there were significant relationships between different dimensions of environmental ethics and the variables of use of informational resources and satisfaction of working in agricultural jihad extension and services centers. Also, there is a direct relationship between human-centered and eco-centered ethical dimension with the God-centered ethical dimension of experts.Therefore, the main focus of planners and policymakers on the human-centered and ecological-centered dimension improves the God-centered moral dimension of the studied experts in the field of ecology.

The present study aimed to investigate the possibility of developing and promoting organic agriculture in Qom province from the viewpoint of agricultural experts. The present research is applied in terms of purpose, in terms of data collection, monitoring, and degree of control of variables and generalizability of descriptive - correlation type that has been done by survey method and using a questionnaire tool. The spatial and geographical scope of this research is at the level of experts in Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization in Qom. In this research, the statistical simulation of the present study included experts working in the Department of Agricultural Production, Agricultural and Agricultural Research Institute, Scientific and Applied Higher Education Institution, and Agricultural Research Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development, affiliated with the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture. Their number was 320. For sampling, stratified random sampling with proportional assignment was used among the statistical population. The sample size is 175 experts who have obtained the Morgan table. In this study, two main methods of documentary and field studies were used to collect information. In the field stage, a questionnaire was used to collect information. The questions were designed using theoretical foundations and research hypotheses. After determining the validity and validity of the necessary corrections, a field study was used to complete and fill it. To assess the reliability of the questionnaire, 20 copies of it were completed by the same statistical society as the similar statistical society. The completed questionnaire was evaluated using SPSS 16 software and Cronbach Alpha method. The obtained alpha coefficient was also 89%. The results of Spearman correlation coefficient showed that the viewpoint of agricultural experts regarding the educational / extension factors, technical factors and the possibility of developing and promoting organic farming at 1% error rate is significant. Using step-by-step method, two variables of educational factors and technical factors were entered into the multivariate regression equation, which ultimately explained these independent variables of 0.32% of the dependent variable variations.