AU - Salehi, S AU - Rezaee Moghadam, K AU - Ajili, A TI - Agricultural Specialists' Attitude toward and Intention for Application of VRT-Spraying Technologies Using Structural Equation Modeling PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - JSTNAR JN - JSTNAR VO - 13 VI - 47 IP - 47 4099 - http://jstnar.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1094-en.html 4100 - http://jstnar.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1094-en.pdf SO - JSTNAR 47 ABĀ  - Variable rate technology-spraying technologies are new aspect of sustainable agriculture. In these technologies, the chemical is applied in the needed level of farm where there is a high intensity of pests and weeds. The purpose of this paper was to study the agricultural specialists' attitude toward and intention to use variable rate technology-spraying technologies in Jihad-e-Keshavarzi organization of Fars and Khuzestan provinces. A survey was conducted using a stratified random sampling to collect data from 249 agricultural specialists. The results showed that the specialists of Fars and Khuzestan provinces have intentions to use the variable rate technology-spraying technologies. The variables including attitude toward application, trialing, perceived usefulness, compatibility, and attitude of confidence all influence the intentions to use the variable rate technology-spraying technologies. Based on high positive intention of agricultural specialists, we recommend the use of these technologies in agricultural practices of the two provinces. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - JSTNAR PG - 757 PT - Research YR - 2009