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Farm income among household plot farmers in Ukraine – the impact of social capital

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Title Farm income among household plot farmers in Ukraine – the impact of social capital
 
Creator Wolz, Axel
Buchenrieder, Gertrud
Nedoborovskyy, Andriy
Fritzsch, Jana
Zinovchuk, Vitaly
 
Subject емпіричні дослідження
empirical survey
особисті селянські господарства
household farming
дохід від сільськогосподарської діяльності
agricultural income
соціальний капітал
social capital
Україна
Ukraine
 
Description Following the two rounds of land reform in Ukraine since independence, household plot
farmers emerged as the major suppliers of agricultural goods. But they form a very
heterogeneous group. Not all of them are equally successful and integrated to markets. In general, a varying degree of access and adoption of production factors is identified as being of influence. In this paper, we argue that social capital is an additional factor contributing to higher agricultural incomes. We tested our hypothesis using primary evidence from a survey in Ukraine among 255 household plot farmers. Based on 23 social capital indicators we deduced four separate index variables linking the social capital dimension of form, i.e. structural and cognitive, with the social capital dimension of relationship, i.e. bonding and bridging. By adopting multiple regression analysis we can show that social capital of its
bridging structural type is indeed a significant factor determining the level of agricultural income. However, the findings also underline the multidimensional side of social capital. Both bonding and cognitive social capital have no impact on agricultural income. We conclude that social capital can be identified as a significant production factor but its underlying indicators do not seem to point to the same direction and have to be analysed in their specific contexts.
 
Date 2015-05-27T11:22:18Z
2015-05-27T11:22:18Z
2009
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Farm income among household plot farmers in Ukraine – the impact of social capital / A. Wolz, G. Buchenrieder, V. Zinovchuk [et al.] // Risiken in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft und ihre Bewältigung. – Bonn : GEWISOLA, 2009. – Bd. 44 – S. 295–303.
978-3-7843-5059-2
http://ir.znau.edu.ua/handle/123456789/2468
 
Language en
 
Publisher Gezellschaft für Wirtschfts - und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e. V.