Social capital dimensions in household food security interventions: implications for rural Uganda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationIowa State Universityen
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-017-9805-9en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0889-048Xen
cg.issue1en
cg.journalAgriculture and Human Valuesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaLIVELIHOODSen
cg.subject.iitaSOCIOECONOMYen
cg.volume35en
dc.contributor.authorSseguya, H.en
dc.contributor.authorMazur, R.E.en
dc.contributor.authorFlora, C.B.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T09:48:50Zen
dc.date.available2017-08-25T09:48:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/83227
dc.titleSocial capital dimensions in household food security interventions: implications for rural Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractWe demonstrate that social capital is associated with positive food security outcomes, using survey data from 378 households in rural Uganda. We measured food security with the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. For social capital, we measured cognitive and structural indicators, with principal components analysis used to identify key factors of the concept for logistic regression analysis. Households with bridging and linking social capital, characterized by membership in groups, access to information from external institutions, and observance of norms in groups, tended to be more food secure. Households with cognitive social capital, characterized by observance of generalized norms and mutual trust, were also more food secure than others. However, we established that social capital is, by itself, insufficient. It needs to be complemented with human capital enhancement. We recommend that development interventions which focus on strengthening community associations and networks to enhance food security should support activities which enhance cognitive social capital and human capital skills. Such activities include mutual goal setting, trust building and clear communication among actors. Education efforts for community members, both formal and non-formal, should also be supported such that they potentially strengthen social capital to improve food security in rural Uganda.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2017-06-12
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSseguya, H., Mazur, R.E. & Flora, C.B. (2017). Social capital dimensions in household food security interventions: implications for rural Uganda. Agriculture and Human Values, 1-13.en
dcterms.extentp. 117-129en
dcterms.issued2018-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectdata collectionen
dcterms.subjectbonding social capitalen
dcterms.subjectlinking social capitalen
dcterms.subjecthuman capitalen
dcterms.subjectsub-saharan africaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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