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.