TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of rural organizations in a forest-based economy
T2 - A socio-institutional approach
AU - Brahim, Marwa Ben
AU - Nasr, Jamel Ben
AU - Zaibet, Lokman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We used a socio-institutional approach to characterize rural organizations in forest-based communities in North West Tunisia. This approach builds on the imperatives of a social system, the conservation of rural capital, and the role of social capital. The resulting model was used to characterize rural organizations based on key socio-institutional attributes. The paper used a Participatory Rural Appraisal (focus groups mainly) to conduct in-depth analysis in nine forest communities. Results reveal the following: 1) in Development Committees there is a strong belief in state intervention and moderate natural capital appropriation, weak conflict management, weak capacity to sanction, and low trust in the organization; 2) in active Agricultural Development Groups there exists a strong potential for conflict management, trust in the organization, and natural capital appropriation, but a lower level of degradation responsibility and capacity to sanction; and 3) in the Inactive Agricultural Development Groups there is the strongest perception of state intervention and overall weak performances in terms of conflict management, trust in organization, and degradation responsibility. These features indicate the organization’s attributes for sustainable local development and specifically for common forest resources management.
AB - We used a socio-institutional approach to characterize rural organizations in forest-based communities in North West Tunisia. This approach builds on the imperatives of a social system, the conservation of rural capital, and the role of social capital. The resulting model was used to characterize rural organizations based on key socio-institutional attributes. The paper used a Participatory Rural Appraisal (focus groups mainly) to conduct in-depth analysis in nine forest communities. Results reveal the following: 1) in Development Committees there is a strong belief in state intervention and moderate natural capital appropriation, weak conflict management, weak capacity to sanction, and low trust in the organization; 2) in active Agricultural Development Groups there exists a strong potential for conflict management, trust in the organization, and natural capital appropriation, but a lower level of degradation responsibility and capacity to sanction; and 3) in the Inactive Agricultural Development Groups there is the strongest perception of state intervention and overall weak performances in terms of conflict management, trust in organization, and degradation responsibility. These features indicate the organization’s attributes for sustainable local development and specifically for common forest resources management.
KW - Indicators
KW - Local development
KW - Natural resources
KW - Participatory rural appraisal
KW - Rural communities
KW - Social capital
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U2 - 10.18488/journal.ajard.2021.112.156.162
DO - 10.18488/journal.ajard.2021.112.156.162
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106186406
SN - 2304-1455
VL - 11
SP - 156
EP - 162
JO - Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development
JF - Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development
IS - 2
ER -