Application of system dynamics modeling in analyzing and explaining the role of social capital in sustainable rural livelihood
Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research
Sabetahmad Bawary
1
(M.Sc. Student, Rural Development Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Iran.)
Mehdi Karami dehkordi
2
(Assistant Professor, Rural Development Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Iran)
ghasem layani
3
(Assistant Professor, Rural Development Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University)
Keywords: Social Capital, System Dynamics, Sustainable Rural Livelihood, Qarabagh County,
Abstract :
The collected information from the perspective of experts, key informants as well as research background was the basis for designing a new questionnaire using random sampling method and Cochran sampling method among 120 locals (villages of Qarabagh city of Ghazni province in Afghanistan). , completed. Findings showed that social capital through a complex and dynamic mechanism can determine the sustainable rural livelihood in a community so that the average income growth rate in the sample during the period 1390-1420 is equal to + 43.5% and with the improvement of income situation, Social justice and interest in economic activities in the village were predicted to grow. Also, the forecast results indicate that the average annual growth of social assets in the study area will be equal to + 1.65 percent.
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