Societal Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Asian Rural Societies: A Multi-Sectoral Social Capital Approach in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan

Istvan Rado, Mei-Fei Lu, I-Chen Lin, Ken Aoo · 2021 · Sustainability

Summary. Small-scale farmers in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan collaborate across public, private, and third sectors to address agricultural crises including aging producers, falling prices, and biodiversity loss. The paper identifies how different types of social capital—solutions, advocacy, and reconciliation—drive these multi-sectoral initiatives and enable sustainable community development and scaling of solutions, with distinct drivers emerging in each country context.

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@article{rado-2021-societal-entrepreneurship-sustainable-asian-rural,
  title   = {Societal Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Asian Rural Societies: A Multi-Sectoral Social Capital Approach in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan},
  author  = {Istvan Rado and Mei-Fei Lu and I-Chen Lin and Ken Aoo},
  journal = {Sustainability},
  year    = {2021},
  doi     = {10.3390/su13052747},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052747}
}

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DOI

10.3390/su13052747

Countries

Thailand, Taiwan, Japan

Regions

Asia

Categories

entrepreneurship, food-systems, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28