Assessment of the growth in social groups for sustainable agriculture and land management

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Until the past half-century, all agriculture and land management was framed by local institutions strong in social capital. But neoliberal forms of development came to undermine existing structures, thus reducing sustainability and equity. The past 20 years, though, have seen the deliberate establishment of more than 8 million new social groups across the world. This restructuring and growth of rural social capital within specific territories is leading to increased productivity of agricultural and land management systems, with particular benefits for those previously excluded. Further growth would occur with more national and regional policy support.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Pretty, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-6581 Attwood, S. Bawden, R. van den Berg, H. Bharucha, Z.P. Dixon, J. Flora, C.B. Gallagher, K. Genskow, K. Hartley, S.E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-687X Ketelaar, J.W. Kiara, J.K. Kumar, V. Lu, Y. MacMillan, T. Maréchal, A. Morales-Abubakar, A.L. Noble, A. Prasad, P.V.V. Rametsteiner, E. Reganold, J. Ricks, J.I. Rockström, J. Saito, O. Thorne, P. Wang, S. Wittman, H. Winter, M. Yang, P.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords:	collective management; land management; social capital; social groups; sustainable agriculture
Dates:	Published (online): 7 August 2020 Published: 7 August 2020
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Vice-Chancellor's Office (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	20 May 2025 14:36
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 14:36
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1017/sus.2020.19
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:226877

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