Paper Title
Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices: A Pilot Study

Abstract
Background: The need to adopt sustainable agricultural practices (SAP) is rising due to rapid population growth and intensified climatic crisis. Sustainability in agriculture reduces inputs and maximises outputs by maintaining farm resources, attaining environmental safety, promoting social welfare, and achieving economic power for a quality of life. As a result, this pilot study aims to explore specific factors likely to impact the adoption of SAP Significantly Methodology: The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model was assumed as the conceptual framework. TPB is based on three major components: attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control combined to shape behavioural intentions. A simple random sampling of farmers was used for the pilot study for a sample size of 50 farmers. Results: The Cronbach alpha for intention towards adopting sustainable agriculture practices among the Sikkimese farmers was 0.792. Results show a significant relationship between the attitude of farmers and intentions towards adopting sustainable agriculture. The findings suggest that subjective norms and attitudes of farmers directly impact farmers' behavioural intentions towards adopting sustainable agricultural practices. Keywords - Sustainable Agricultural Practices, Sustainable Food Production, Behavioural Factors, Adoption, Sustainable Agriculture.