Abstract
This paper studies the influence of community capitals on well-being through a Community Capital Index (CCI) within coffee-growing families in southern Colombia. Our results show different farm typologies, with different levels of capital endowment translated into well-being that, in our case, were represented in the CCI. Specifically, social and political capitals positively affect coffee-growing families’ decisions in terms of life strategies. The results of this study increase our understanding of welfare enhancement and its relationship with capital endowment according to the type of coffee producer, having implications for the planning of more effective programs towards the improvement of quality of life.
Highlights
Coffee cultivation is the second most commercialized product in the world after oil and is produced in countries of the tropics [1]
Based on a matrix of 66 variables characterized in each coffee producing household (Table 2) for each of the variables by capital and using cluster analysis, four typologies of coffee producers were identified (Table 3, Fig 1a): Small conventional (SC), Conventional Associated with Organic approach (CAOa), Technified conventional (TC) and Technified business (TB)
In the case of political capital, the participation in activities of the community action board of the village (PAC) variable allowed the separation of Small Conventional (SC) from the different typologies, just as the distance nearest town (DNT) variable of physical capital allowed the separation of TC from the other typologies
Summary
Coffee cultivation is the second most commercialized product in the world after oil and is produced in countries of the tropics [1]. The coffee activity in different countries, including Colombia, promotes a peasant and family economy [6], generating about 0.8 and 1.4 million direct and indirect jobs, respectively. In this sense, agricultural activities offer about 32% of employment [7], being coffee cultivation the means of subsistence that affects the living conditions of the different typologies of coffee. Education has been a variable of human capital that has a high correlation with the adoption of technology, higher productivity, and economic growth [6]
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