晚清至抗战前基层士绅与江苏近代农业科技知识的推广

The Local Gentry's Promotion of Modern Agricultural Science and Technology in Jiangsu

晚清至抗战前,江苏的基层士绅打破传统农业思想的藩篱,发展近代化的农业教育。他们或兴办农业学校,培养农业科技人才,或为各种农务机构提供资助,保证了农会、农事试验场等机构的正常运转和知识推广功能的发挥。由于基层地区士绅的近代化程度较低,所以他们推广农业科技知识的成效也是有限的,但这在一定程度上开启了民智,促进了近代农学在江苏的普及推广。

The local gentry had broken the tradition of agriculture, developed the education of the modern counterpart. They set up agricultural schools and provided various agricultural organizations such as farmers associations and experimental farms with large amounts of funding to guarantee the functioning and popularization of agricultural knowledge. Their knowledge about modernization was limited, however, their endeavor had enlighted the mass to a certain extent and promoted the spread of modern agriculture science in Jiangsu province.