Measuring social capital and innovation in poor agricultural communities : the case of Cháparra, Peru

Arata, Atilio; Hartmann, Dominik

Measuring social capital and innovation in poor agricultural communities : the case of Cháparra, Peru

dc.contributor.author	Arata, Atilio	de
dc.contributor.author	Hartmann, Dominik	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:45:49Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:45:49Z
dc.date.created	2011-08-02
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	In the last decades substantive advance has been made in the measurement and understanding of frontier innovation in highly industrialized settings. However, little research focused on the process of learning and the introduction of novelties in smallholder farming of poor agricultural communities. Considering that 1.5 billion people in developing countries live in such smallholder households this is an essential shortcoming. In addressing three crucial questions about the measurement and promotion of endogenous local development this paper contributes to close this research gap. The three questions are: a) how can we measure social capital and innovation in poor agricultural communities, b) what is the impact of external agents on local structures and c) what are the relations between the social capital and the innovative performance of the farmer. In a first step a comprehensive questionnaire with 89 questions on diverse dimensions of social capital and innovation has been elaborated and applied to the agricultural valley of Cháparra in the South of Peru. The results allow for an indepth analysis of the capabilities, network position and innovative behavior of the farmers. In a second step, we apply social network analysis techniques to analyze the role and position of the relevant actors in the local as well as in the external technical information networks with a special focus on the influence of an external NGO. The analysis reveals a deep structural impact of the NGO and significant correlations between the network position of the farmers and their innovative performance. Three crucial issues for research on smallholder innovation are identified. First, diverse dimensions of social capital and innovation have to be differentiated when studying endogenous development. Second, it has to be assessed to which degree the modification of the existing social structures by external agents can be harmful or beneficial. Third, social network analysis can help us to gain a better understanding of the complex relations between social capital and innovation and how these can contribute to foster sustainable development projects.	en
dc.identifier.swb	348142218
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5503
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-6225
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	FZID discussion papers; 30
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject	Social capital	en
dc.subject	Innovation	en
dc.subject	Smallholder	en
dc.subject	Cháparra	en
dc.subject	Peru	en
dc.subject	Network analysis	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Soziales Kapital	de
dc.subject.gnd	Entwicklungsländer	de
dc.title	Measuring social capital and innovation in poor agricultural communities : the case of Cháparra, Peru	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@techreport{Arata2011, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5503}, author = {Arata, Atilio and Hartmann, Dominik}, title = {Measuring social capital and innovation in poor agricultural communities : the case of Cháparra, Peru}, year = {2011}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {FZID discussion papers}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Arata, Atilio and Hartmann, Dominik
local.export.bibtexKey	Arata2011
local.export.bibtexType	@techreport
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.faculty.number	7	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.institute.number	795	de
local.opus.number	622
local.series.issueNumber	30
local.series.title	FZID discussion papers
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.faculty	Landesanstalten	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de
local.university.institute	Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung	de

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