Evaluating the Implementation, Challenges, and Solutions of Policies for Cultivating New Professional Farmers: A Policy Network Theory Perspective

Abstract

Cultivating new professional farmers is key to promoting agricultural and rural modernisation. The governments issue policies for cultivating new professional farmers and have gradually shown a network structure in the implementation process. With the help of policy network theory, this paper analyses the policy implementation network structure of the new professional farmer cultivation policy, including policy communities, professional networks, intergovernmental networks, producer networks and issue networks. Under the influence of the interaction between various networks, my country's new professional farmer cultivation has achieved specific results regarding overall goals, influence and recognition. However, there are also difficulties, such as prominent contradictions between policy communities and intergovernmental networks, weak internal coordination of intergovernmental networks, and marginalisation of professional and issue networks. To this end, it is necessary to regulate and balance the interactive relationship between various network entities to seek a solution: first, clarify the responsibility boundaries of policy communities and intergovernmental networks, improve the quality of interaction, enhance the collaborative ability of intergovernmental networks, and innovate governance models; third, pay attention to the diverse demands of professional networks and issue networks, and increase public discourse power.