Abstract
Agricultural extension service is the foundation of sustainable agricultural development. The evaluation and analysis of the agricultural extension service for sustainable agricultural development can provide an effective analytical tool for sustainable agriculture. This paper analyzes the influence of agricultural extension service on sustainable agricultural development, and constructs an evaluation system for sustainable agricultural development from the four dimensions of agricultural environment, society, economy, and agricultural extension service. This work proposes a framework based on the combination of technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and entropy method to evaluate the performance of the evaluation system. Taking three national modern agriculture demonstration zones in Suzhou in Jiangsu Province as a case study, the method was verified. Moreover, the main factors affecting sustainable agricultural development are discussed, and the improvement measures and management suggestions are also put forward to reduce the obstacles to sustainable agricultural development and improve sustainable agriculture practice.
Highlights
The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit held in 2015 adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and all countries in the world have been committed to working together to achieve sustainable development [1]
This paper considers the impact of agricultural extension service (AES) on sustainable agricultural development and constructs a four-dimensional evaluation system, including the environment, society, the economy, and AES
One of the objectives of this study is to provide a tool for decision-makers to analyze sustainable agricultural development for the sustainable development of agriculture
Summary
The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit held in 2015 adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and all countries in the world have been committed to working together to achieve sustainable development [1]. It is evident that there is a close relationship between agriculture and the environment, so the main challenge of agricultural development is to meet the growing population’s needs while mitigating the damage to the environment [2]. The use of natural resources in agricultural production has disturbed the natural environment [3], especially in terms of global warming, water resources pressure, soil degradation, and environmental damage, which pose a threat to the living environment of human beings. Put forward the challenge of sustainability in agricultural development. Hansen [7] proposed that the goal of agricultural sustainability is to create a system that can meet current needs without compromising the interests of future generations
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