Farm income among household plot farmers in Ukraine – the impact of social capital
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Farm income among household plot farmers in Ukraine – the impact of social capital
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Wolz, Axel
Buchenrieder, Gertrud Nedoborovskyy, Andriy Fritzsch, Jana Zinovchuk, Vitaly |
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емпіричні дослідження
empirical survey особисті селянські господарства household farming дохід від сільськогосподарської діяльності agricultural income соціальний капітал social capital Україна Ukraine |
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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. |
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2015-05-27T11:22:18Z
2015-05-27T11:22:18Z 2009 |
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Article
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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 |
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en
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Gezellschaft für Wirtschfts - und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e. V.
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