หัวเรื่อง:ไม่มีชื่อไทย (ชื่ออังกฤษ : The Comparison of Organizational Structure and the
Context of Rural Development by Agricultural Extension
System at Grassroots Level between Thailand and China)
ผู้เขียน:
ดร.พัฒนา สุขประเสริฐ, รองศาสตราจารย์
, 
Ming Zhan, Anan Lila, Navarat Narapiromsuk, Boonrat Sookmark
สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์:pdf
Abstract
This study focused on comparison of rural development by agricultural extension system at grassroots
level and their contexts between Thailand and China. Difference in contexts such as ecology, society, economy
and policy has made Thailand and China differentiate in setting up of agricultural extension system at the
grassroots level. Agricultural Technology Transfer and Service Center (ATTC) at sub-district level, the lowest
level of extension institution in Thailand, was established in 1999 to fulfill the policies of decentralization,
participation, bottom-up to top-down direction, and provide the integrated service to farmers through "onestop
service". The core structure of ATTC is the steering committee, who is elected from local farmers and
other sectors that represent the community to make developing plans in a participatory way under the help
of facilitators from governmental institutions and volunteer groups. ATTC is the center not only for technology
transfer, but also for integrated service, coordination and information. To the large extent, ATTC represents
the broader socio-economic, people-centered agricultural extension. Meanwhile China has Township
Agricultural Techniques Extension Station (TATES) at the grassroots level of extension institution. TATES,
compared with ATTC in Thailand, is a conventional extension agency that adopts technical-driven
development methodology. Organizational structure of TATES was set up by the classification of different
agricultural sectors, like field crop, fishery, animal husbandry, agricultural machinery and agricultural
economy, which are called "five stations". In addition most of the TATES have the input sales branches.
The extension agencies in TATES are mainly the same responsible for transfer technology through direction
to and cooperation with the demonstration farmer households as in ATTC. It is noticeable that China has
advocated multi-faced extension approaches, so should the extension agencies, education, research institutions,
and private sectors can jointly play roles on the arena of rural development by non-profitable or profitable
manners.