identify the most distinguishing factors of wheat farmers' attitudes and behaviors regarding food security in northern province

the purpose of this study is identify the most distinguishing factors of farmers' attitudes and behaviors regarding food security. the research method was survey and correlational research. the population was 25435 farmers of shush, shooshtar and dezful district. 379 farmers were selected based on the table of takman and morgan. finally, 237 questionnaires were collected. data collection was a researcher-made questionnaire. its validity based expert panel and reliability by carrying out a pilot study carried out in the study sample were confirmed. cronbach's alpha coefficient for variables of knowledge, attitude and behavior of farmers related to food security was achieved respectively: 0.84, 0.92 and 0.92. after completion of the questionnaire, the coding of questionnaire was performed and description and analysis of data using statistical software spss16 was done. the results showed that attitude of wheat farmers about the food security was positive and behavior was responsibly. results of stepwise discriminate analysis showed that the amount of knowledge of wheat farmers about food security is the most effective variable in separating of attitude groups and variables of attitude and knowledge about food safety.the agricultural job experience is the most effective variables in separating of behavioral groups.