Agroecology is increasingly recognized within mainstream development. Yet, this is controversial, due to disagreement over what it does and should mean. This article takes a ‘knowledge politics’ approach to show how different understandings of agroecology create contexts where contrasting agricultural development narratives thrive, albeit often unintentionally. It draws on literature and media review and 37 elite interviews with agricultural researchers and decision makers around the world. Four agricultural development narratives or ‘regimes’ are identified, each presented by different actor groups as part of their vision of what agricultural development should look like. Simultaneously, five different understandings of agroecology are described. A political understanding of agroecology is promoted to support the regime of agroecological agriculture. Simultaneously, an understanding of agroecology as a descriptive science is conducive to the African Green Revolution narrative. Actor groups tend to emphasize the differences between these understandings and regimes. They pay less attention to unpacking the divergent ways agroecological science has been framed since the early 20th century. This has the effect of concealing the way different understandings of agroecology support different development paradigms, and thus the political nature of the construction of science.

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非洲绿色革命时代对农业生态学的不同理解

生态农业在主流发展中越来越得到认可。然而，这是有争议的，因为在它的作用和应该意味着什么方面存在分歧。本文采用“知识政治”方法来展示对农业生态学的不同理解如何创造背景，在这些背景下，对比鲜明的农业发展叙事蓬勃发展，尽管往往是无意的。它借鉴了文献和媒体评论以及对世界各地农业研究人员和决策者的 37 次精英访谈。确定了四种农业发展叙事或“制度”，每一种都由不同的行动者团体提出，作为他们对农业发展应该是什么样子的愿景的一部分。同时，描述了对农业生态学的五种不同理解。促进对生态农业的政治理解，以支持生态农业体制。同时，将农业生态学理解为描述性科学有利于非洲绿色革命的叙述。行动者团体倾向于强调这些理解和制度之间的差异。他们不太注意解开 20 世纪初以来农业生态科学的不同方式。这具有掩盖对农业生态学的不同理解支持不同发展范式的方式的作用，从而掩盖了科学建设的政治性质。他们不太注意解开 20 世纪初以来农业生态科学的不同方式。这会掩盖对农业生态学的不同理解支持不同发展范式的方式，从而掩盖了科学建设的政治性质。他们不太注意解开 20 世纪初以来农业生态科学的不同方式。这会掩盖对农业生态学的不同理解支持不同发展范式的方式，从而掩盖了科学建设的政治性质。