Three Decades After the Green Revolution: Should We Thanks or Blame to Top-down Approach?

Indonesia with the green revolution that used top-down approach has achieved rice self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, the top-down approach is frequently viewed as the start of a process that dupes and stunts farmers, no dialogue between farmers and extension officer. Then bottom-up want to renew the process. Unfortunately, in Indonesia the bottom-up approach that was used did not produce significant results, and in some cases resulted in a decrease in quality. This is indicated by the emergence of trust issues between farmers and extension workers, dialogical process that rarely implemented, as well as lack of competence from extension agents. It is puzzling when bottom-up pushing farmers participation, they think participation was a strange thing to do. They are more comfortable with the oldest systems and evaluate the previous agricultural development had a positive impact.