ABSTRACT Applied behavior analysis can be used by development practitioners to improve the design and implementation of development programs. Programs are most successful when the goals and consequences of change agents, strategists, and adopters align, as we demonstrate with real-world examples from international agroforestry projects. We focus on the role of change agents acting as intermediaries between change strategists, such as large development agencies, and development adopters, the rural farmers who implement agroforestry projects. We describe three aspects that are particularly important for agroforestry projects: (1) identifying the rules being used, (2) assessing the roles and reinforcement contingencies of both individuals and larger groups, and (3) being flexible and able to respond to rapid change.

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应用行为分析作为开发工具：农林业的例子

摘要 开发从业者可以使用应用行为分析来改进开发程序的设计和实施。当变革推动者、战略家和采用者的目标和结果一致时，计划最成功，正如我们通过国际农林业项目的实际例子所证明的那样。我们关注变革推动者在变革战略家（如大型发展机构）和发展采用者（实施农林项目的农村农民）之间充当中介的作用。我们描述了对农林业项目特别重要的三个方面：(1) 确定正在使用的规则，(2) 评估个人和更大群体的作用和强化应急，以及 (3) 灵活并能够应对快速变化.