Determinants of individual social capital in dairy cooperatives in West Shoa, Ethiopia

IF 1.6 4区经济学 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Agrekon Pub Date : 2020-04-21 DOI:10.1080/03031853.2020.1743728

D. Belay

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Abstract

ABSTRACT While previous studies recognise the importance of social capital for cooperatives’ social and economic outcomes, there are no empirical studies on the determinants of farmers’ social capital in cooperatives. This paper investigates the determinants of social capital using data from farmers in dairy cooperatives in Ethiopia. First, principal component analyses (PCAs) are performed on the data set of dimensions of social capital: structural, relational and cognitive. After applying PCA, composite indicators are developed as measures of farmers’ dimensions of social capital. Second, seemingly unrelated regression is employed to identify the determinants of the dimensions of social capital. The results suggest that marital status, education level and length of membership have a positive effect on the structural dimension. The relational dimension has a positive relationship with the ownership of a radio, the number of close friends, and membership in associations, while training access and number of close friends positively influence the cognitive dimension. The study concludes that improving farmers’ social capital in dairy cooperatives requires investment in the educational system, creating and developing local associations, promoting cooperatives through mass media, and strengthening the existing training programmes.

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埃塞俄比亚West Shoa奶制品合作社个人社会资本的决定因素

摘要尽管先前的研究认识到社会资本对合作社社会和经济成果的重要性，但没有对合作社中农民社会资本的决定因素进行实证研究。本文利用埃塞俄比亚奶制品合作社农民的数据调查了社会资本的决定因素。首先，对社会资本的结构维度、关系维度和认知维度的数据集进行主成分分析。在应用主成分分析后，制定了综合指标，作为衡量农民社会资本维度的指标。其次，采用看似不相关的回归来确定社会资本维度的决定因素。研究结果表明，婚姻状况、教育水平和成员年限对结构维度有积极影响。关系维度与收音机的所有权、亲密朋友的数量和协会的成员资格呈正相关，而训练机会和亲密朋友的人数对认知维度有积极影响。该研究得出的结论是，提高农民在奶制品合作社中的社会资本需要对教育系统进行投资，建立和发展地方协会，通过大众媒体宣传合作社，并加强现有的培训方案。

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Agrekon AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY-

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2.80

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7.70%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Agrekon publishes scholarly articles that contribute to the existing literature in the domain of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics as it applies to Southern Africa. The editors of Agrekon therefore invite contributions in this context that provide new insights, either through the problems they address, the methods they employ or the theoretical and practical insights gained from the results. The quarterly journal serves as the official publication of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) and is published by Taylor & Francis.