Social capital and soil conservation: evidence from the Philippines
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The formation of social capital is hypothesised to enhance collective efforts for soil
conservation. The Landcare Program in the southern Philippines promotes simple conservation
practices in upland environments by supporting community landcare groups
and municipal landcare associations, thus augmenting social capital. A study was conducted
in 2002–2003 to evaluate the Landcare Program, using a mix of quantitative
and qualitative techniques. In the present paper, the relationship between social capital
formation and adoption of soil conservation in theMunicipality of Lantapan is investigated.
It is concluded that the Landcare Program as a whole created a valuable stock of
bridging social capital, rapidly accelerating the adoption of contour farming measures,
but that on-going support is needed to maintain this capital stock.