ABSTRACT This article explores the value of Ostrom’s socio-ecological systems framework and Meadows’s leverage point hierarchy, as structured diagnostics, to define systemic problems and avoid approaches based on linear thinking. These frameworks were applied as an ex post analysis of an irrigation scheme in Zimbabwe, drawing on the scheme’s baseline condition and the intervention outcomes. Strong leverage points, particularly those driving feedback mechanisms and institutional design, interacted with other intervention points, initiating systemic change. This analysis suggests that dysfunctional schemes can be transitioned towards complex adaptive systems by using agricultural innovation platforms to identify systemic challenges and intervention points.

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确定将功能失调的灌溉计划转变为复杂的适应性系统的杠杆点

摘要 本文探讨了 Ostrom 的社会生态系统框架和 Meadows 的杠杆点层次结构作为结构化诊断的价值，以定义系统性问题并避免基于线性思维的方法。这些框架被用作津巴布韦灌溉计划的事后分析，借鉴了该计划的基线条件和干预结果。强大的杠杆点，特别是那些驱动反馈机制和制度设计的点，与其他干预点相互作用，启动系统性变革。该分析表明，通过使用农业创新平台来确定系统性挑战和干预点，可以将功能失调的计划转变为复杂的适应系统。