How social capital enables or restricts the livelihoods of poor peri-urban farmers in Mexico

This research paper examines how social capital influences the livelihood transformations of low-income peri-urban farmers in two Mexican municipalities as they navigate poverty and increasing urbanization.

• Low-income farmers in peri-urban areas face a gradual transformation of their livelihoods while attempting to overcome poverty and adapt to an increasingly urban environment.
• Social capital affects the outcomes of livelihood transformations and can expand the possibilities and options for farmers to improve their standard of living.
• Informal institutions and non-institutional mechanisms are important for regulating and distributing access to resources within peri-urban areas.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). How social capital enables or restricts the livelihoods of poor peri-urban farmers in Mexico. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/how-social-capital-enables-or-restricts-the-livelihoods-of-poor-peri-urban-farmers-in-mexico/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. How social capital enables or restricts the livelihoods of poor peri-urban farmers in Mexico. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/how-social-capital-enables-or-restricts-the-livelihoods-of-poor-peri-urban-farmers-in-mexico/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |title=How social capital enables or restricts the livelihoods of poor peri-urban farmers in Mexico |date=12 January 2025 |url=https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/how-social-capital-enables-or-restricts-the-livelihoods-of-poor-peri-urban-farmers-in-mexico/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025how, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{How social capital enables or restricts the livelihoods of poor peri-urban farmers in Mexico}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/how-social-capital-enables-or-restricts-the-livelihoods-of-poor-peri-urban-farmers-in-mexico/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }