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Social capital in agricultural community development: a review

Social capital has been focus of interest in considerable social science academic circles in recent years. Development of communities is a continuous process in order to sustain communities through utilizing their assets in a world that is increasingly becoming unpredictable and difficult in terms o...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello, Hassan, Salim, Sanyang, Demba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Organization of Scientific Research 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63238/1/Social%20capital%20in%20agricultural%20community%20development%20a%20review%20.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.632382018-09-27T10:03:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63238/ Social capital in agricultural community development: a review Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello Hassan, Salim Sanyang, Demba Social capital has been focus of interest in considerable social science academic circles in recent years. Development of communities is a continuous process in order to sustain communities through utilizing their assets in a world that is increasingly becoming unpredictable and difficult in terms of togetherness and caring concerns for sustainability. The paper looked first at rural communities and the way social capital is built and utilized positively for community development despite lots of challenges. Social capital in agriculture was reviewed from rural community perspectives and seen as a motivating and gluing force for communitarian work that benefits the agriculture. The development of social capital as unseen capital in any society will provide the community members the force to forge ahead in whatever self-help endeavor their community resolved to undertake. The paper also considers the other side of the coin and looked at marginal community members that did not subscribe to social capital and became excluded from the beneficial collective actions of the majority. The paper lastly, posits that social capital in agricultural communities will go a long way in empowering community members to sustainably produce food and develop their communities. International Organization of Scientific Research 2017-07 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63238/1/Social%20capital%20in%20agricultural%20community%20development%20a%20review%20.pdf Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello and Hassan, Salim and Sanyang, Demba (2017) Social capital in agricultural community development: a review. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, 10 (7). pp. 7-10. ISSN 2319-2372; ESSN: 2319-2380 10.9790/2380-1007010710
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description Social capital has been focus of interest in considerable social science academic circles in recent years. Development of communities is a continuous process in order to sustain communities through utilizing their assets in a world that is increasingly becoming unpredictable and difficult in terms of togetherness and caring concerns for sustainability. The paper looked first at rural communities and the way social capital is built and utilized positively for community development despite lots of challenges. Social capital in agriculture was reviewed from rural community perspectives and seen as a motivating and gluing force for communitarian work that benefits the agriculture. The development of social capital as unseen capital in any society will provide the community members the force to forge ahead in whatever self-help endeavor their community resolved to undertake. The paper also considers the other side of the coin and looked at marginal community members that did not subscribe to social capital and became excluded from the beneficial collective actions of the majority. The paper lastly, posits that social capital in agricultural communities will go a long way in empowering community members to sustainably produce food and develop their communities.
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author Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello
Hassan, Salim
Sanyang, Demba
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Hassan, Salim
Sanyang, Demba
Social capital in agricultural community development: a review
author_facet Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello
Hassan, Salim
Sanyang, Demba
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title Social capital in agricultural community development: a review
title_short Social capital in agricultural community development: a review
title_full Social capital in agricultural community development: a review
title_fullStr Social capital in agricultural community development: a review
title_full_unstemmed Social capital in agricultural community development: a review
title_sort social capital in agricultural community development: a review
publisher International Organization of Scientific Research
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63238/1/Social%20capital%20in%20agricultural%20community%20development%20a%20review%20.pdf
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