Investigating The Impact Of Social Capital And Social Networks On Farmers' Climate Change Adaptation

气候变化正在影响世界各地农民的生产和生计，特别是在发展中国家，那里的大多数村民是小农，获得知识、资本和技术资源的机会很少。在这种情况下，农民需要通过更有组织的社会网络和与各种利益相关者的联系来处理与气候相关的问题，以提高他们的社会资本和适应能力。因此，在本研究中，将在伊朗中部农村地区调查这些社会网络及其如何与农民的复原力相关。因此，本研究的主要研究目标是：(1)了解农民对气候变化的认识及其应对策略；(2)分析当地农民的网络结构，并研究它们如何影响其社会资本和适应能力；(3)识别研究网络中最具影响力的利益相关者，他们是应对气候相关问题和提高农民适应能力的关键行动者。这项研究还试图回答一些重要的问题。包括:1。被研究农民的气候变化意识如何？他们有什么应对策略？2. 农民网络结构如何影响农业知识转移、农民社会资本和对气候变化的适应？3. 不同社会经济特征、社会网络和社会资本水平的农民在适应能力上是否存在差异？农民加入不同组织（例如农业合作社）会如何影响他们的适应能力？这些组织（政府和非政府组织）在提高农民适应能力方面的作用是什么？5. 谁是最重要的利益相关者（农民或机构），在所研究的网络中发挥关键作用，可以影响农民网络中的信息传递及其适应？

Aims and purpose of the researchClimate change is affecting farmers' production and livelihood around the world, especially in developing countries where most villagers are smallholder farmers with low access to knowledge, capital, and technological resources. In this situation, farmers need to deal with climate-related issues through more organized social networks and ties with various stakeholders to improve their social capital and adaptive capacity. Thus, in this study, those social networks and how they can be related to farmers' resilience will be investigated in rural areas in the center of Iran. Accordingly, the main research objectives of this study are to 1) know farmers' awareness of climate change and their strategies to cope with it, 2) to analyze the network structures of local farmers and investigate how they can affect their social capital and adaptive capacity, and 3) to recognize the most influential stakeholders in the studied network who are key actors in dealing with climate-related issues and increasing farmers' adaptation. There are also some important questions that this study seeks to answer. Including: 1. How is the studied farmers' climate change awareness and what are their strategies to cope with it? 2. How does the structure of farmers' network affect agricultural knowledge transfer, farmers' social capital, and adaptation to climate change? 3. Is there any difference in adaptation between farmers with different socio-economic characteristics, social networks, and levels of social capital?4. How can farmers' membership in different organizations (for example agricultural cooperatives) affect their capacity to adapt? What is the role of those organizations (governmental and non-governmental) in improving farmers' capacity to adapt? 5. Who are the most important stakeholders (farmers or institutions) that have a key role in the studied network who can affect the transfer of information in the farmers' network and their adaptation?