<![CDATA[This study aims to assess extension needs to accelerate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices as a climate change mitigation strategy in Nort Bulango District, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. Using a mixed methods approach, the research integrates quantitative and qualitative data collected from 248 corn farmers across eight villages. The Borinch Needs Assessment (BNA) model is applied, incorporating innovation attributes and decision making stages from the Diffusion of Innovations Theory as the analytical framework. The assessment focuses on nine key components of sustainable agriculture, including reduced chemical fertilizer use, adoption of organic fertilizers, soil cultivitation use, chemical herbicide use, and waste management. Results indicate that soil tillage, particularly plowing, ranks as the top extention priority in five villages, revealing as significant gap between its perceived importance and farmers actual knowledge. The continued use of intensive plowing contributes to long term soil degradation and icreases erosion, yet farmer awareness of these impacts remains low. In addition, the widespread use of chemical herbicides and the limited application of organic fertilizers emerged as critical areas requiring targeted intervention. The findings underscore the need for responsive, context specific agricultural extension programs to promote sustainable farmis techiniques. Strengthening farmer knowledge and awareness through tailored extension service is essential for advancing environmentally sound agriculture and enhancing local adaptive capacity to climate change. This study contributes to the literature by demonstrating how the Borinch Needs Assessment (BNA) model can be strategically applied within a climate change dengan mitigation framework to identity and prioritize extension needs in developing country contexts.]]>
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