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A cross-domain coupling framework for digital twins in rural regional systems: Insights from China 农村区域系统中数字孪生的跨域耦合框架：来自中国的见解

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103929

Xinxin Huang , Yansui Liu

In the digital era, understanding the rural regional system (RRS) theory is crucial for addressing rural development challenges, yet the focus on technological advancements has often overshadowed it. This study introduces an innovative theoretical framework for Digital Twin Villages (DTV) concept within rural settings, offering a novel approach to managing the complexities of rural geography. Utilizing RRS theory, we explore rural development through spatial and environmental interactions, highlighting the interconnections of rural areas with broader geographic systems and their influences from external ecological, economic, and technological factors. Through a comprehensive analysis of theories, policies, and case studies from China, the adaptability and effectiveness of DTVs are demonstrated across various geographical and cultural contexts. DTVs are categorized into four key subsystems, consisting of Urban-Rural Integration, Town-Village Organic, Rural-Composite Complex, and Resident-Industry Synergy, to elucidate their operational dynamics and evolutionary trajectories. This categorization aids in understanding the utility of DTVs in tackling rural challenges and offers a globally applicable model. Our findings provide significant new insights into rural innovation and enhance the theoretical and practical understanding of rural geographical systems, advocating for the digital transformation of rural areas worldwide. These efforts lay the groundwork for future initiatives in rural digitalization, situating the contributions within an international context.

在数字时代，理解农村区域系统（RRS）理论对于应对农村发展挑战至关重要，但对技术进步的关注往往掩盖了这一点。本研究为农村环境中的数字双村（DTV）概念引入了一个创新的理论框架，为管理农村地理的复杂性提供了一种新的方法。利用RRS理论，我们通过空间和环境的相互作用来探讨农村的发展，强调农村与更广泛的地理系统的相互联系以及外部生态、经济和技术因素的影响。通过对中国的理论、政策和案例研究的综合分析，展示了数字电视在不同地理和文化背景下的适应性和有效性。本文将数字电视系统划分为城乡一体化、城乡有机、乡村复合和居民产业协同四个关键子系统，阐明其运行动态和演化轨迹。这种分类有助于理解数字电视在解决农村挑战方面的效用，并提供了一种全球适用的模式。我们的研究结果为农村创新提供了重要的新见解，增强了对农村地理系统的理论和实践理解，倡导全球农村地区的数字化转型。这些努力为未来农村数字化举措奠定了基础，并将贡献置于国际背景下。

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How does gender shape the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices? Evidence from Belgium 性别如何影响可持续农业实践的采用？来自比利时的证据

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103919

Sophie Henrotte, Goedele Van den Broeck

While many studies focus on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (SAP), gender is an often-overlooked factor in research on high-income countries, especially in Europe. This is remarkable as women constitute a substantial and increasing part of the agricultural workforce, and the gender disparities they face are gaining attention from civil society and policy makers. We address this research gap by exploring how gender shapes the adoption of SAP in the field crop sector in Wallonia, Belgium. We conduct semi-structured interviews with 29 farmers and a thematic analysis, distinguishing between the practices of reduced input use, soil conservation and agrobiodiversity. Our results suggest that gender plays a key role in SAP adoption, and acts as a mediating factor in terms of attitudes and perceptions about SAP, farms’ economic diversification, membership of farmer groups, access to equipment and advisory services, and dependency on outsourcing. Some of these act as enablers for women farmers but most represent barriers. We reveal some novel insights, particularly linked to the field crop sector, which represents 24 % of European land use and tends to be more masculine than other previously studied sectors. To stimulate the adoption of SAP, policies should prioritize gender-inclusive agricultural environments and address women-specific challenges. Greater inclusion could encourage more women to pursue farming careers, thereby enhancing their skills, training and confidence. It would also foster knowledge-sharing, resource access, and technical support, which are all crucial for higher levels of SAP adoption.

虽然许多研究侧重于采用可持续农业实践（SAP），但在对高收入国家的研究中，性别是一个经常被忽视的因素，特别是在欧洲。这是值得注意的，因为妇女在农业劳动力中所占的比例越来越大，她们面临的性别差异正在引起民间社会和决策者的注意。我们通过探索性别如何影响比利时瓦隆地区大田作物部门采用SAP来解决这一研究差距。我们对29名农民进行了半结构化访谈，并进行了专题分析，区分了减少投入使用、土壤保持和农业生物多样性的做法。我们的研究结果表明，性别在SAP的采用中起着关键作用，并在对SAP的态度和看法、农场的经济多样化、农民团体的成员资格、获得设备和咨询服务以及对外包的依赖等方面发挥中介作用。其中一些是女性农民的推动因素，但大多数是障碍。我们揭示了一些新颖的见解，特别是与田间作物部门有关，该部门占欧洲土地使用的24%，往往比其他先前研究的部门更男性化。为促进性别平等方案的采用，政策应优先考虑性别包容的农业环境，并解决妇女特有的挑战。更大的包容性可以鼓励更多的妇女从事农业事业，从而提高她们的技能、培训和信心。它还将促进知识共享、资源访问和技术支持，这些都是SAP更高层次采用的关键。

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How can anticipatory action programming support women? Application of the reach-benefit-empower-transform framework in Nepal and Nigeria 预期行动方案如何支持妇女？覆盖-效益-赋权-转型框架在尼泊尔和尼日利亚的应用

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103920

Katrina Kosec , Jordan Kyle , Emily Myers , Agnes Quisumbing , Teresa Gonzales , Ana Madero , Caitlin Mittrick , Amica Rapadas

As floods increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change, anticipatory action (AA) programs offer a promising approach to mitigate their impacts. However, there is limited research about how AA programming can address the specific needs of women, who often face heightened vulnerabilities during disasters. This paper applies the Reach, Benefit, Empower, Transform (RBET) framework to examine gender dynamics in AA programming through case studies in Nepal and Nigeria—two flood-prone countries where AA initiatives have been piloted. Using data from key informant interviews and focus group discussions with stakeholders, including government agencies, NGOs, local advocacy groups, and direct beneficiaries of flood programs, we assess barriers and enabling conditions for AA to reach, benefit, and empower women and broader opportunities for transformation of gender norms and social inequalities. Our findings reveal key implementation challenges, including limited funding, weak integration with broader disaster risk reduction efforts, and inadequate early warning systems. However, we also identify practical strategies for improving AA's gender responsiveness, such as relying on individual rather than household-level data, providing accessible early warning information, offering aid modalities that meet women's specific needs (such as dignity kits), ensuring women's participation in community decision-making, and facilitating ongoing inclusive household and community dialogues in flood-prone communities rather than only responding to specific flood warnings. The paper concludes with recommendations for scaling up gender-inclusive AA programming to enhance resilience and reduce the disproportionate impacts of flooding on women.

随着气候变化导致洪水频率和强度的增加，预期行动（AA）计划为减轻其影响提供了一种有希望的方法。然而，关于AA计划如何解决妇女的特殊需求的研究有限，妇女在灾难中往往面临更大的脆弱性。本文运用“触及、受益、赋权、变革”（RBET）框架，通过对尼泊尔和尼日利亚这两个开展了AA倡议试点的洪灾易发国家的案例研究，考察AA规划中的性别动态。通过对关键信息提供者的访谈和与利益相关者（包括政府机构、非政府组织、当地倡导团体和洪水项目的直接受益者）的焦点小组讨论的数据，我们评估了AA接触、受益和赋予妇女权力的障碍和有利条件，以及改变性别规范和社会不平等的更广泛机会。我们的研究结果揭示了关键的实施挑战，包括资金有限、与更广泛的减少灾害风险工作整合不力以及早期预警系统不足。然而，我们也确定了提高AA性别响应能力的实用策略，例如依赖个人而不是家庭层面的数据，提供可获取的早期预警信息，提供满足妇女特定需求的援助模式（如尊严工具包），确保妇女参与社区决策，促进正在进行的包容性家庭和社区对话在易发洪水的社区，而不仅仅是响应特定的洪水预警。该报告最后提出了扩大性别包容的互助协会规划的建议，以增强抗灾能力，减少洪水对妇女的不成比例的影响。

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Connectivity or proximity planning in rural areas? Accessibility and equity insights from Crete, Greece 农村地区的连通性或邻近性规划？来自希腊克里特岛的可达性和公平性见解

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103928

Stefanos Tsigdinos , Olympia Kourounioti

This study endeavours to shed light on the debate between connectivity and proximity planning in car-centric rural settings. To this end, this research will examine connectivity (new public transport lines) versus proximity (new amenities) scenarios in terms of accessibility to basic amenities and equity implications. Based on that, this research could identify policy insights for improving access to daily needs. The study area is the municipality of Amari in Crete, Greece, a remote mountainous area characterised by a prevalent reliance on cars.

Delving into the method, four distinct scenarios are investigated; the first one assesses the existing condition, the second one proposes a redistribution of amenities (proximity), the third one explores the expansion of the public transport network (connectivity), and the final one considers the combined effect of new amenities and new public transport lines. Employing spatial analysis techniques and welfare economics indices, helps measure accessibility to basic amenities like supermarkets, healthcare services and public administration as well as equity conditions for households without cars in the study area.

The findings demonstrate that connectivity-focused solutions enhance equity, while proximity-based strategies improve accessibility conditions. However, the most effective scenario in terms of both accessibility and equity, adopts a combinatorial approach, introducing both new amenities and new public transport lines. The study's contribution lies in its quest for key solutions tailored to rural areas, exemplified by the challenging case of Amari. Moreover, the replicability of the method, supported by an analytical methodological framework, could be helpful for policymakers and planners.

本研究旨在阐明以汽车为中心的农村环境中连通性和邻近规划之间的争论。为此，本研究将从基本设施的可及性和公平性方面考察连通性（新的公共交通线路）与邻近性（新的设施）的情况。在此基础上，本研究可以确定改善日常需求获取的政策见解。研究区域是希腊克里特岛的阿马里市，这是一个偏远的山区，以普遍依赖汽车为特征。深入研究该方法，研究了四种不同的场景；第一个是评估现有状况，第二个是提出设施的再分配（邻近性），第三个是探讨公共交通网络的扩张（连通性），最后一个是考虑新设施和新公共交通线路的综合效应。采用空间分析技术和福利经济学指数，有助于衡量研究区域内无车家庭对超市、医疗服务和公共行政等基本设施的可及性以及公平条件。研究结果表明，以连通性为重点的解决方案提高了公平性，而以邻近性为基础的策略改善了可达性条件。然而，在可达性和公平性方面，最有效的方案是采用组合方法，引入新的便利设施和新的公共交通线路。该研究的贡献在于寻求适合农村地区的关键解决方案，阿马里具有挑战性的案例就是例证。此外，在分析方法框架的支持下，该方法的可复制性可能对政策制定者和规划人员有所帮助。

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Diversity of agri-environmental governance and potential impacts on environmental performance – a systematic review 农业环境治理的多样性及其对环境绩效的潜在影响——系统综述

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103924

Diana Borniotto, Philippe V. Baret

The governance of Agri-Environmental Schemes (AES) in the European Union plays a crucial role in shaping their environmental performance. However, existing research remains fragmented across different governance models and geographical contexts. This paper provides a systematic literature review of 28 studies to consolidate evidence on AES governance. It examines how governance models - through AES design, implementation, and actor interactions - are shaped and how related factors affect AES environmental performance.

Our findings highlight the diversity of AES governance models, ranging from centralized national approaches to highly decentralized regional systems. The degree of decentralization, multi-level decision-making processes, and the engagement of different actors emerge as key determinants of AES governance models. The review further underscores a fundamental tension between centralization and decentralization, where increased subsidiarity enhances local relevance but may lead to policy fragmentation and objective dilution. Additionally, we identify three primary governance-related factors influencing AES environmental performance: design-related (e.g., contract features and spatial targeting), actor-related (e.g., power dynamics and stakeholder participation), and implementation-related (e.g., monitoring challenges and transaction costs). Furthermore, the results underline the role of path dependency, as past relationships among key practitioners continue to shape policy dynamics and define the mandates of the various actors involved.

This study concludes that while governance does not directly determine AES environmental performance, it shapes the context for success or failure by influencing actor dynamics, policy design, and implementation strategies. Effective governance requires balancing subsidiarity with policy coherence, shaping decision-making processes, and addressing actors’ inclusion that may allow higher environmental performance.

欧盟农业环境计划（AES）的治理在塑造其环境绩效方面起着至关重要的作用。然而，现有的研究仍然分散在不同的治理模式和地理背景中。本文对28项研究进行了系统的文献综述，以巩固AES治理的证据。它考察了治理模型——通过AES的设计、实现和参与者的相互作用——是如何形成的，以及相关因素如何影响AES的环境绩效。我们的研究结果强调了AES治理模式的多样性，从集中的国家方法到高度分散的区域系统。分散的程度、多层次的决策过程和不同参与者的参与成为AES治理模型的关键决定因素。审查进一步强调了中央集权和权力下放之间的根本紧张关系，辅助性的增加加强了地方相关性，但可能导致政策分散和客观上的稀释。此外，我们确定了影响AES环境绩效的三个主要治理相关因素：与设计相关（例如，合同特征和空间目标），与行动者相关（例如，权力动态和利益相关者参与），以及与实施相关（例如，监测挑战和交易成本）。此外，研究结果强调了路径依赖的作用，因为关键从业者之间过去的关系继续塑造政策动态，并确定所涉及的各种行动者的任务。本研究的结论是，虽然治理不能直接决定AES的环境绩效，但它通过影响行动者动态、政策设计和实施策略来塑造成功或失败的背景。有效的治理需要平衡辅助性与政策一致性，塑造决策过程，并解决行为者的包容性问题，从而提高环境绩效。

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Biodistricts as social innovation: Territorial implications in Italy 作为社会创新的生物区：意大利的地域影响

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103926

Tommaso Pomponi , Felicetta Carillo , Roberto Henke , Alberto Sturla , Teresa Del Giudice , Alessandro Sorrentino

In the context of rural ecological transition, market and policy-based instruments often prove insufficient to address environmental challenges stemming from human activities. This underscores the need for broader societal transformation, including restructuring of organisational practices and governance frameworks. Social innovation emerges as a response to challenges insufficiently tackled by market mechanisms and public sector interventions. In Italy, biodistricts represent a prominent example of this process, as they foster rural revitalisation through cooperative governance that extends beyond organic production. This study investigates whether biodistricts can be regarded as a form of social innovation and assesses their socio-economic impact on local agricultural systems. A quantitative analysis of Italian biodistricts is carried out by comparing municipalities within biodistricts to neighbouring non-member municipalities through a counterfactual design. This spatially bounded approach mitigates potential endogeneity concerns by controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, thereby providing more robust evidence on the role of biodistricts in promoting sustainable and inclusive rural development. The results show that Italy's main biodistricts can indeed be interpreted as manifestations of social innovation, with the capacity to foster innovative pathways for rural development through the practice of organic farming.

在农村生态转型的背景下，市场和政策手段往往不足以应对人类活动带来的环境挑战。这凸显了更广泛的社会转型的必要性，包括重组组织实践和治理框架。社会创新是对市场机制和公共部门干预措施未能充分解决的挑战的回应。在意大利，生物区是这一进程的一个突出例子，因为它们通过超越有机生产的合作治理促进了乡村振兴。本研究调查了生物区是否可以被视为一种社会创新形式，并评估了它们对当地农业系统的社会经济影响。通过反事实设计，将生物区内的城市与邻近的非成员城市进行比较，对意大利生物区进行了定量分析。这种空间有限的方法通过控制未观察到的异质性，减轻了潜在的内质性问题，从而为生物区在促进可持续和包容性农村发展中的作用提供了更有力的证据。结果表明，意大利的主要生物区确实可以被解释为社会创新的表现，有能力通过有机农业的实践促进农村发展的创新途径。

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Spatial affect (SA) as a new frame for organic farming spaces (OFSs): A comparative analysis from Türkiye 空间效应作为有机耕作空间的新框架：来自<s:1> rkiye的比较分析

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Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103925

Ramazan Okudum , Mehmet Şeremet

The attachment that farmers have formed with space is one of the primary standards for comprehending organic farming. This paper examines the constitution of powerful affects within organic farming spaces (OFSs) by moving beyond descriptive accounts of spatial practices to the conceptual entanglements of space and affect theories, with the aim of elucidating their reciprocal formation as manifested through the practices and imaginaries of organic farming. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 21 farmers in the provinces of Aydın and Van (Türkiye), the study explores how farmers' attachments to space produce, and are reproduced by, their engagements with organic farming. Findings indicate that farmers' relations with OFSs are configured through both affective and pecuniary dimensions: those with deeper affective attachments display heightened senses of belonging, grounded in work–life experiences and socio-cultural ties to the land. The analysis introduces the notion of spatial affect (SA) to account for these dynamics across four interrelated frames—labour–struggle, belonging, obligation, and discreditation—thereby offering a conceptual tool for understanding the reciprocal constitution of space and affect in organic farming. The study concludes by suggesting that attention to spatial affect can inform policy interventions aimed at sustaining farmers’ engagement and mitigating the abandonment of organic farmlands.

农民对空间形成的依恋是理解有机农业的主要标准之一。本文考察了有机农业空间（ofs）中强大影响的构成，通过超越空间实践的描述性描述，到空间和影响理论的概念纠缠，目的是阐明它们通过有机农业的实践和想象所表现出来的相互形成。通过对Aydın和Van （trkiye）省21名农民的深入访谈，该研究探讨了农民对空间的依恋是如何产生的，并通过他们对有机农业的参与来再现。研究结果表明，农民与ofs的关系是通过情感和金钱两个维度来配置的：那些情感依恋更深的人表现出更高的归属感，以工作生活经验和与土地的社会文化联系为基础。该分析引入了空间影响（SA）的概念，通过四个相互关联的框架——劳动斗争、归属、义务和信誉——来解释这些动态，从而为理解有机农业中空间和影响的相互构成提供了一个概念性工具。该研究的结论是，对空间影响的关注可以为旨在维持农民参与和减轻有机农田被遗弃的政策干预提供信息。

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The evolution, interaction, and management of rural resilience in Jiangsu province, China: Insights from a social-ecological system 江苏省农村弹性演化、互动与管理：来自社会生态系统的视角

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Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103914

Qiqi Yin , Qing Wang , Bo Su , Qi Zhang , Xiaoxia Shen , Shenglu Zhou

Rural resilience evolution is rooted in the interactions between natural system and human system. While current research primarily explores evolutionary mechanisms and improvement strategies at a micro scale, insufficient attention is devoted to macro-scale interactions and resilience management. In this study, we developed a theoretical framework to understand the resilience of rural territorial system (RRTS) by expanding upon the social-ecosystem framework. Utilizing Jiangsu Province in China as a case study, we analyzed the dynamic evolution, interactions of RRTS and proposed differentiated management strategies. The results indicated that from 2000 to 2020, Jiangsu’s RRTS showed an upward trend, with a spatial pattern of higher resilience in the south, followed by the central and northern rural areas. Based on the inherent evolutionary laws of rural resilience across multiple dimensions, the RRTS evolution could be classified into four modes: agriculture-led steady development, rapid development with superior ecological attributes, central city-radiated swift development, and transformational urban-rural integration development. There is a strong trade-off or synergy relationship between the sub-dimensions of RRTS. In Jiangsu Province, the broader urbanization, industrialization, and informatization have driven the synergistic growths of resilience in rural social functions, economic functions, and governance systems. However, the trade-offs between the resources and actors underscored the contradictions in rural human-land relationship, which manifest in varied forms across different modes. This trade-off relationship highlights the weakening of the supporting capacity of rural system components. Policymakers must discern the macro-level characteristics, risks, and opportunities of RRTS evolution to implement targeted strategies to bolster resilience.

农村恢复力的演变根植于自然系统与人类系统的相互作用。目前的研究主要是在微观尺度上探索进化机制和改进策略，而对宏观尺度上的相互作用和弹性管理的关注不足。在本研究中，我们通过扩展社会生态系统框架，建立了一个理论框架来理解农村领土系统（RRTS）的弹性。本文以江苏省为例，分析了农村居民点的动态演变、互动关系，并提出了差别化管理策略。结果表明：2000 - 2020年，江苏省农村土地利用弹性总体呈上升趋势，总体表现为南部弹性较高，中部次之，北部次之；基于乡村弹性在多个维度上的内在演化规律，将乡村弹性演化分为农业主导的稳定发展模式、生态属性优势型快速发展模式、中心城市辐射型快速发展模式和城乡融合转型发展模式。RRTS的子维度之间存在很强的权衡或协同关系。在江苏省，城镇化、工业化、信息化的深入推进，促进了农村社会功能、经济功能和治理体系韧性的协同增长。然而，资源与行为主体之间的权衡凸显了农村人地关系的矛盾，这种矛盾在不同模式下表现为多种形式。这种权衡关系凸显了农村系统组成部分支撑能力的弱化。政策制定者必须从宏观层面认识到RRTS演变的特点、风险和机遇，以实施有针对性的战略来增强韧性。

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State-driven social innovation: Can neo-exogenous development address rural marginalization? A tale of two villages in China 国家驱动的社会创新：新外生发展能解决农村边缘化问题吗？中国两个村庄的故事

IF 5.7 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103922

Shengxi Xin

China's Rural Revitalization, while a national policy, has recently been conceptualized as neo-exogenous development — a state-led, networked development model that integrates steered endogenous features. Distinct from the bottom-up neo-endogenous development models prominent in Western contexts, this approach represents a state-driven radical social innovation process with the potential to address structural rural challenges. This study explores whether the neo-exogenous model can effectively mitigate institutionalized rural marginalization in China.

Drawing on two neighbouring villages in Sichuan, Lanjing and Qianjiachi, this study engages Neumeier's three-step model of social innovation (problematization, expression of interest, and delineation and coordination) to analyse how state-led initiatives interact with different forms of social capital (linking, bonding and bridging). While both villages have experienced betterment under the Rural Revitalization Strategy, their trajectories differ markedly. In Lanjing, state-driven development prioritized infrastructure and demonstration effects, but the village remained highly dependent on external actors, with limited inclusion of villagers in economic gains. In contrast, Qianjiachi, through the rebuilding of bonding social capital and village leadership, leveraged its political capital to forge collaborative partnerships with local governments, resulting in more adaptive and inclusive governance arrangements. Our analysis highlights how state-driven social innovation can regenerate all forms of social capital, if sequenced effectively.

This study contributes to rural development theory by situating China's state-driven model within global debates and clarifying how actor configurations shape innovation outcomes. It also offers insights for Global South contexts where community-led strategies remain constrained by weak institutional capacity and fragmented local governance.

中国的乡村振兴虽然是一项国家政策，但最近被定义为新外生发展——一种国家主导的、融合了内生导向特征的网络化发展模式。与西方背景下突出的自下而上的新内生发展模式不同，这种方法代表了一种国家驱动的激进社会创新过程，具有解决农村结构性挑战的潜力。本研究探讨新外生模型是否能有效缓解中国制度化的农村边缘化。本研究以四川兰井和钱家池两个相邻的村庄为例，采用Neumeier的社会创新三步模型（问题化、利益表达、描述和协调）来分析国家主导的倡议如何与不同形式的社会资本（联系、纽带和桥梁）相互作用。虽然这两个村庄在乡村振兴战略下都有所改善，但它们的发展轨迹却明显不同。在兰静，国家主导的发展优先考虑基础设施和示范效应，但该村仍然高度依赖外部参与者，村民在经济收益中的参与度有限。相比之下，钱家池通过重建社会资本和村领导，利用其政治资本与地方政府建立合作伙伴关系，从而形成更具适应性和包容性的治理安排。我们的分析强调，如果有效排序，国家驱动的社会创新可以再生所有形式的社会资本。本研究通过将中国的国家驱动模式置于全球辩论中，并阐明行动者配置如何影响创新成果，为农村发展理论做出了贡献。它还为全球南方的情况提供了见解，在这些情况下，社区主导的战略仍然受到机构能力薄弱和地方治理分散的制约。

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Collective autonomy of small-scale farmers and the shared responsibility of transitions to fairer and more just food systems 小农的集体自治以及向更公平、更公正的粮食体系过渡的共同责任

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Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2025-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103901

G. O'Connor , K. Reis , G.L. Burns , C. Desha , I. Burkett

Small-scale farmers provide essential contributions to society through reciprocal connections to the land and knowledge of sustainable food production, local ecologies, and communities, yet face significant unfair and unjust conditions in existing unsustainable and industrial food systems. Asking 1) How do small-scale farmers lived experiences influence their participation in societal transitions to sustainable food systems and contributions to social and ecological resilience? and 2) How can societal transitions to sustainable food systems be fair and just for small-scale farmers?, we investigated the lived experiences of 24 small-scale farmers across 16 local and ecologically sustainable farms in South-East Queensland and Northern Rivers New South Wales regions of Australia. Demonstrating a largely collective narrative aligning with the growing ‘new peasantry’ movement, these lived experiences reflect participants' environmental and social values, challenges and opportunities, and contributions to the social-ecological resilience to communities. Viewed through the lens of collective autonomy, this research explores how farmers' values, sense of autonomy and empowerment influence their motivations to farm, ability to contribute to social and ecological resilience, cope with challenges, risks and responsibilities, and visions for fairer and more just food systems that value food, land, people and community. Based upon the significant challenges, risks and responsibilities these farmers face, there is need for greater shared responsibility that re-perceives autonomy and participation between individuals, communities, organizations, and governments. These re-perceptions of autonomy and participation via shared responsibility are explored through collective paradigm shifts, Community-Supported Agriculture and Universal Basic Income.

小农通过与土地和可持续粮食生产知识、当地生态和社区的相互联系，为社会做出了重要贡献，但在现有的不可持续和工业化粮食系统中，他们面临着严重的不公平和不公正条件。问题1)小农的生活经历如何影响他们参与向可持续粮食系统的社会转型，以及对社会和生态复原力的贡献？2)向可持续粮食系统的社会转型如何对小农公平公正？，我们调查了澳大利亚昆士兰东南部和新南威尔士州北部河流地区16个当地和生态可持续农场的24名小农的生活经历。这些生活经历反映了参与者的环境和社会价值观、挑战和机遇，以及对社区社会生态弹性的贡献，展示了与日益增长的“新农民”运动相一致的主要集体叙事。从集体自治的角度来看，本研究探讨了农民的价值观、自主意识和赋权如何影响他们的耕作动机、促进社会和生态恢复力的能力、应对挑战、风险和责任的能力，以及对更公平、更公正的粮食系统的愿景，即重视粮食、土地、人民和社区。基于这些农民面临的重大挑战、风险和责任，需要更大程度的共同责任，重新认识个人、社区、组织和政府之间的自主权和参与。通过集体范式转变、社区支持农业和普遍基本收入，对通过共同责任重新认识自治和参与进行了探讨。

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