@article{Takayama:211938,
      recid = {211938},
      author = {Takayama, Taisuke and Nakatani, Tomoaki},
      title = {The Impact of Participatory Projects on Social Capital:  Evidence from Farmland Consolidation Projects in Japan},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-79976},
      pages = {23},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Farmland fragmentation can lead to low agricultural  productivity. In Japan, one solution is Farmland  Consolidation Projects (FCPs), participatory public  projects that physically merge and reshape several small  plots into one large plot. This paper examines the impact  of FCPs on community-level social capital by using  propensity score matching. We find that FCPs have a  positive impact on agriculture-related bonding social  capital and a negative impact on non-agriculture-related  bridging social capital. Focusing on the constituent  elements of bonding social capital, FCPs have a positive  effect on the number of community meetings held,  non-agriculture-related organizations for women, and  management of common-pool resources. On the other hand,  focusing on the constituent elements of bridging social  capital, FCPs have a negative effect on holding direct  sales of agricultural products and rural experience  programs for city residents.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/211938},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.211938},
}