Number 1, Winter 2012 (Serial #6) 18

ABSTRACT The accurate planning and management for sustainable agriculture results in appropriate behaviors of individuals towards sustainability through changes happened in individuals' knowledge and attitudes of sustainability. A survey of natural resources and agricultural researchers (N = 85) was conducted in Iranian Province of ILAM to explore their attitudes of sustainable agriculture and to identify factors that influence these attitudes. Results showed that the attitude of the majority (63.2%) of researchers toward sustainable agriculture was moderate and negative. Also, there were significant differences among the researcher's attitudes towards sustainable agriculture on field of study and level of education. Based on correlation coefficients, positive and significant relationships were found between researchers' work experience, the number of refereed papers published, the number of extension papers published, the number of papers presented at national and international conferences, the number of books published , and the number of translated books and attitude towards sustainable agriculture. In addition, multiple regression analysis showed that three variables including the number of books published, the number of refereed papers published, and the number of books translated account for explaining 36 percent of variances of the dependent variable (attitude towards sustainable agriculture)