Abstract:

In line with the spirit of volunteerism and science, and aiming at developing high-level and grass-roots technical volunteer service and promoting the innovation of rural science popularization mode, China Association of Agricultural Science Societies (CAASS) has established a scientific and technological service team with the spirit of advocating morality and kindness, serving rural farmers without government investment, without occupying national resources and without getting benefits. The CAASS has extensively mobilized agricultural scientists and education workers, agricultural technology extension workers, heads of new rural business entities, agricultural entrepreneurs, veterans, college students, etc., to participate in the volunteer service, formed a multi-level and multi-subject socialized team structure, and established a diversified rural science popularization volunteer service team with social forces as the main body. By the end of May 2022, 136 service teams and nearly 3000 volunteers have been involved in the new mode of rural science and technology volunteer service, and the volunteers truly understand agriculture, have devotion to the countryside and farmers, and hold a close relationship with the rural areas, which can ensure that science popularization resources are available in the countryside all year round. The new mode has formed a regular and long-term development mechanism for rural science popularization, effectively solves the “last-mile” problem of rural science popularization, and practically implements the cultivation and training of talents for rural revitalization.

Key words: rural revitalization, science popularization in rural areas, science and technology volunteer service, innovation of science popularization mechanism