Can rural development projects generate social capital? A case study of Ricinodendron heudelotii Kernel marketing in Cameroon

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11842-013-9247-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11842-013-9247-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11842-013-9247-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11842-013-9247-1</a>

Result language

čeština

Original language name

Can rural development projects generate social capital? A case study of Ricinodendron heudelotii Kernel marketing in Cameroon

Original language description

Social capital is an important pillar of farmers? livelihoods and its importance for sustainable rural development has been recognised. Nevertheless, the creation of social capital through external interventions remains challenging. This study investigated the generation of social capital within a rural development project of the World Agroforestry Centre to promote Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill) Pierre ex Pax. kernel commercialisation. Combining quantitative and qualitative measurement techniques, the change in social capital over a period of 5 years was evaluated. Households of project villages were compared to control households. Project households increased their social assets significantly at different levels. Development interventions thus enhanced social capital, this improvement was mutually reinforced by a positive change in other farmer livelihood assets, in particular financial capital. This study reveals the complexity of social capital generation through external interve

Czech name

Can rural development projects generate social capital? A case study of Ricinodendron heudelotii Kernel marketing in Cameroon

Czech description

Social capital is an important pillar of farmers? livelihoods and its importance for sustainable rural development has been recognised. Nevertheless, the creation of social capital through external interventions remains challenging. This study investigated the generation of social capital within a rural development project of the World Agroforestry Centre to promote Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill) Pierre ex Pax. kernel commercialisation. Combining quantitative and qualitative measurement techniques, the change in social capital over a period of 5 years was evaluated. Households of project villages were compared to control households. Project households increased their social assets significantly at different levels. Development interventions thus enhanced social capital, this improvement was mutually reinforced by a positive change in other farmer livelihood assets, in particular financial capital. This study reveals the complexity of social capital generation through external interve

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Small-scale Forestry

ISSN

1873-7617

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

AU - AUSTRALIA

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

1-20

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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