System lacks systems thinking: Top‐down organization and actor agency in China's agricultural extension system
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چکیده
Extension of agricultural technology is important for farmers to improve their practices. However, criticisms are made top-down extension systems, which fail meet smallholder farmers' needs due reliance on a linear, one-way transfer approach. Meanwhile, the role knowledge gaining attention in academic literature extension, but yet overlooked applied Chinese context. These issues require holistic analysis, towards, systems principles can provide insights. We present case study interaction between national system and Guangxi, China. found that constrains autonomy capacity officers implementing activities. Also, actively exercise agency identifying responding farming issues. argue should build adaptive by fostering thinking enable tackle complexity changing world.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Systems research and behavioral science
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0005-7940', '0731-7239', '1092-7026', '1099-1735', '1099-1743']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2943