Abstract:
This study intended to explain the role of social capital in maintaining the business of vegetable
farmers in Selo Village, Selo District, Boyolali Regency. This study used a descriptive qualitative
approach. Six vegetable farmers in Selo Village who had fulfilled the criteria of determined
informants were involved in this study. In-depth interviews with informants were taken as the
sources of data, and strengthened by the study of documentation and literature studies and supported
from the data of the Selo village. This study used an accidental sampling technique. The sampling
technique, in this case, is vegetable farmers. The data were collected through observation and
interviews. Triangulation techniques, namely data triangulation, researcher triangulation,
methodological triangulation, and theoretical triangulation were used in this study to seek validity.
Miles and Huberman models became the technique of data analysis. This study found that the social
capital of vegetable farmers in Selo Village was at the meso (group) stage. Social capital is tied
through the activities of farmer groups. Vegetable farmers incorporated into farmer groups since they
had a common goal of member welfare through activities held in groups. Thus, social capital is
important in maintaining vegetable business for vegetable farmers in Selo Village, Selo District,
Boyolali Regency. |
