Investigating Ecological sustainability of Rice Farms in Two Regions of Sirvan and chardavol in Ilam Province

The purpose of this research was to investigating ecological sustainability of Rice Farms in Sirvan and Chardavol regions. Survey method was used for doing this research. Population of study were farmers(n-1260) that by using stratified proportionate random sampling technique and based on Cochran formula 136 farmers were selected. Instrument of data gathering was questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by expert's panel. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient has been used in order to determine questionnaire's reliability and it was to be equal to 0.87. SPSS software has been used for Data analysis. Results showed that some of indices such as exchange farm lands to other activities, amount of farm water, using disk, status of tillage, and anti bacterial seeds are sustainable in these two regions. There is deference between two regions about of indices such as returning straw residue from crop to soil, depth of surface soil, use of fertilizers and pesticides, and use of disk for preparing farm and animal fertilizer.