The contribution of strong and weak ties to resilience: The case of small-scale maize farming systems in Mexico

Tania Carolina Camacho-Villa, Ernesto Adair Zepeda-Villarreal, Julio Díaz-José, Roberto Rendon-Medel and Bram Govaerts

Agricultural Systems, 2023, vol. 210, issue C

Abstract: The relevance of social interactions (social ties) to farming systems' resilience is widely recognized. However, controversies exist around the contribution that farmers interacting with external actors (weak/bridging ties) versus with other farmers (strong/bonding ties) have in their resilience strategies through innovation. Farmers use different strategies to respond to their farming systems and contexts' particularities. Comparing the contribution of both strong and weak ties in different farming systems brings variety in resilience strategies.

Keywords: Social network analysis; Farm typologies; Social ties; Innovation networks; Persistence; Strong ties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103716

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