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Yu, L. Farming Communities. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/61134 (accessed on 12 November 2026).
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Farming communities are social groupings whose members are connected through agricultural activities, farm-based livelihoods, shared local settings, and relationships associated with farming. They may include farm households, agricultural workers, and other individuals whose livelihoods or social interactions are closely linked to agricultural production. Their boundaries are not necessarily formal or fixed, but may arise from geographic proximity, occupational relationships, shared resources, and recurring interactions among farmers. Research on farming communities shows that these relationships can facilitate informal exchanges of labor and other resources, while access to such support varies with farm characteristics and local social relations [1]. Farmers may also form communities of practice in which they collectively develop knowledge, exchange experience, and establish shared understandings and norms concerning agricultural practices [2]. A farming community is therefore broader than an individual farm household, which is a household-level social and production unit, and need not correspond to a formal cooperative or farmer organization. The term describes a social grouping associated with farming rather than a specific production system or legally constituted institution.

farming communities rural sociology farm households social relationships knowledge exchange collective action
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  1. Lee‐Ann Sutherland; Rob J.F. Burton; Good Farmers, Good Neighbours? The Role of Cultural Capital in Social Capital Development in a Scottish Farming Community. Sociol. Rural. 2011, 51, 238-255. [CrossRef]
  2. Aleksandra Dolinska; Patrick D'Aquino; Farmers as agents in innovation systems. Empowering farmers for innovation through communities of practice. Agric. Syst. 2016, 142, 122-130. [CrossRef]
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