The impact of social capital on the agricultural production behavior: an empirical practice for Türkiye

The main objective of this study is to determine the impact of social capital on the production behavior of agricultural producers. The population of the study consisted of 1345 farms registered in the Farmer Registration System in Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş province. As a result of sampling, 225 farms were included in the sample with a confidence interval of 90% and a margin of error of 5%. To achieve this objective, the effects of environmental practices, information gathering activities, innovative practices, intellectual accumulation, neighborhood relations and cultural potential on the agricultural production behavior of producers were analyzed. The results indicated that innovative practices, information gathering activities and environmental practices have a significant positive impact on agricultural production behavior. We emphasize that the structure and characteristics of social capital should be considered and that measures to strengthen social capital should be considered necessary when developing policies related to rural and agricultural production.