Social Capital Configurations in the Livelihood Resilience of Pineapple Farmers: Bonding, Bridging, and Linking in Prabumulih, Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.15575/ks.v8i2.40134Keywords:
Pineapple farmers, social capital, Livelihood Resilience, Seinggok SepemunyianAbstract
This study aims to interpret the lived experiences of pineapple farmers in mobilizing social capital to build livelihood resilience in Prabumulih, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The study employed a qualitative approach with an interpretative phenomenological design. The researchers purposively selected 25 informants, including farmers as the primary informants and supporting actors involved in pineapple processing, farmer groups and cooperatives, and agricultural institutions. The researchers collected data through semi-structured in-depth interviews, field observations, and documentation and analyzed the data using an interpretative phenomenological approach guided by abductive reasoning. The findings reveal three relational mechanisms. First, kinship reciprocity rooted in Seinggok Sepemunyian generates bonding social capital that strengthens buffer capacity through trust, solidarity, and mutual assistance. Second, value-added collectivity through the MIWA Cooperative, women farmers’ groups, agritourism, fiber processing, and knowledge networks generates bridging social capital that strengthens self-organization and the capacity for learning. Third, empowerment linkages with government institutions, state-owned enterprises, private companies, and knowledge institutions generate linking social capital that expands farmers’ access to technology, resources, markets, and institutional authority while strengthening their agency and transformative capacity. This study demonstrates that livelihood resilience does not merely constitute a household-level capacity; rather, farmers activate it relationally through configurations of bonding, bridging, and linking social capital that are rooted in local culture and enable them to move from coping toward adaptation and transformation.
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