The term "agricultural technology popularization" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the activities of popularizing agricultural technology in the whole process of agricultural production before, during and after delivery through experiments, demonstrations, training, guidance and consulting services. Article 3 The implementation of agricultural technology popularization must follow the principles stipulated in the Agricultural Technology Popularization Law, adjust measures to local conditions, and strictly follow the procedures of experiment, demonstration and popularization. Article 4 Encourage and support scientific and technical personnel to popularize, apply and develop advanced agricultural technologies, and encourage and support agricultural labourers and agricultural production and operation organizations to apply advanced agricultural technologies. Encourage and support the introduction of foreign advanced agricultural technology, and promote international cooperation and exchanges in agricultural technology popularization. Article 5 Encourage and support agricultural technology popularization institutions, agricultural scientific research institutions, relevant schools, mass scientific and technological organizations and agricultural technicians to carry out multi-level, multi-channel and various forms of technology trading activities and establish scientific and technological development entities in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Hubei Technology Market. Article 6 People's governments at all levels shall strengthen their leadership in agro-technical popularization, formulate and implement specific policies and measures, and ensure and promote the development of agro-technical popularization. Article 7 The administrative departments of agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, water conservancy, aquatic products and agricultural machinery of the provincial people's government (hereinafter referred to as the administrative departments of agricultural technology popularization) shall be responsible for the relevant agricultural technology popularization work in the province according to their respective functions and duties. The administrative departments of agro-technical popularization at prefecture (city, state) and county (city, district) shall be responsible for agro-technical popularization within their respective administrative areas under the leadership of regional administrative offices or people's governments at the same level. The administrative departments of science and technology of the people's governments at all levels shall guide the popularization of agricultural technology at the corresponding level. Chapter II Agricultural Technology Popularization System Article 8 Agricultural technology popularization shall be carried out by combining agricultural technology popularization institutions with agricultural scientific research institutions, relevant schools, mass scientific and technological organizations and farmers' technical personnel.
Encourage and support supply and marketing cooperatives, other enterprises and institutions, social organizations and scientific and technical personnel from all walks of life to carry out agricultural technology extension service activities in rural areas. Article 9 Agricultural technology popularization institutions of provinces, prefectures (cities, prefectures) and counties (cities, districts) are state institutions, which carry out agricultural technology popularization under the leadership of the administrative departments of agricultural technology popularization at the same level and the guidance of agricultural technology popularization institutions at higher levels. Tenth province, prefecture (city, state) and county (city, district) agricultural technology popularization institutions are responsible for:
(a) to participate in the formulation of agricultural technology promotion plans, plans and technical standards, and to be responsible for organizing the implementation of the promotion plan;
(two) choose to promote technology, implement technical standards, formulate technical regulations, and participate in the implementation of major promotion projects;
(three) to participate in the appraisal and reward of agricultural scientific and technological achievements and the examination and approval of practical technologies;
(4) Collecting and transmitting agricultural scientific and technological information and economic information, and providing various technical services;
(five) to guide the promotion activities of lower agricultural technology popularization institutions and mass agricultural technology service organizations and farmers' technical personnel;
(six) the establishment of different levels of production demonstration mode;
(seven) to carry out professional investigation, planning, design, monitoring, prediction, evaluation and consultation;
(8) Training agricultural technicians, farmer technicians and science and technology demonstration households, publicizing and popularizing agricultural science and technology knowledge, imparting agricultural science and technology, enhancing the awareness of developing agriculture through science and technology, summing up and popularizing advanced experience, and carrying out technical and academic exchange activities. Eleventh township (town) agricultural technology popularization institutions are national grass-roots institutions, under the dual leadership of the county (city, district) agricultural administrative departments and the township (town) people's government, and under the guidance of the superior agricultural technology popularization institutions in business. Its duties are:
(a) according to the superior and its own agricultural technology promotion plan, combined with local conditions, do a good job in the experiment, demonstration and promotion of agricultural technology;
(two) agricultural technical training and technical guidance for village and group farmers' technicians and science and technology demonstration households;
(three) the use of various forms, to carry out the popularization of agricultural science and technology knowledge, organize farmers to learn and apply agricultural science and technology;
(four) to provide various forms of economic and technical services for agricultural workers. Twelfth village, group agricultural technical service organizations and technicians in the township (town) under the guidance of agricultural technology extension agencies, publicize agricultural science and technology knowledge, implement technical measures, and provide technical services for the production and operation of agricultural workers.
Rural science and technology demonstration households (points) spread practical technology through production demonstration under the guidance of agricultural technology service organizations and agricultural technology extension personnel.