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these organizations and Bureau of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (BoARD).The results show that women’s groups are not popular inthe study area. The existing formal groups or associationsare mostly in favor of men. Therefore, efforts should bemade to encourage women to establish social groups andassociations. There is need for transforming the existinginformal social groups into self-help groups (SHGs) withpurposive planning of projects and programs that will empowerand benefit women. Women’s affair at the regionaland district level has to lead this initiative with a closeand collaborative support of NGOs and BoARD. Organizingwomen could be done by women’s affair of BoARD,and could be supported by the rich experience of NGOs.ReferencesAlderman, H., J. Hoddinott, L. Haddad and C. Udry. 2003.Gender differentials in farm productivity: implicationsfor household deficiency and agricultural policy. FCNDDiscussion paper No.6. Washington D.C.: InternationalFood Policy Research Institute.Dasgupta, P. 2005. Economics of social capital. The EconomicRecord, 81 (special issue): S2-S21.Devereux, S; Teshome, A; and Sabates-Wheeler, R. 2005.‘Too Much Inequality or Too Little? Inequality and Stagnationin Ethiopian Agriculture’, Institute of DevelopmentStudies Bulletin, Vol. 36, No.2, June.Dudwick N, Katheleen K, Veronica Nyhan Jones, and MichaelWoolcock. 2006. Analyzing Social Capital Context:A Guide to using Qualitative methods and data. WorldBank Institute. Washington, DC.Fafchamps, M. and A. Quisumbing. 2003. Control andownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households.In Household decisions, gender and development. A synthesisof recent research, ed. Quisumbing, A. Washington,D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.Grootaert, Christiaan, Deepa Narayan, Veronica NyhanJones and Michael Woolcock. 2003. Measuring socialcapital: An Integrated questionnaire. World Bank workingpaper no. 18. Washington D.C.: World Bank.IPMS. 2005. Metema Pilot Learning Site Diagnosis andProgram Design. Available on: http://www.ipms-ethiopia.org/Pilot- Learning-Sites/Metema.aspKatungi. E., Svetlana E., and Melinda S. 2006. Gender,Social Capital and Information Exchange in RuralUganda. CAPRI. Working Paper No. 59. November 2006.http://www.capri.cgiar.org/pdf/capriwp59.pdfLeeuwis, C. (with contributions by A. Van den Ban) (2004).Communication for rural innovation. Rethinking agriculturalextension. Blackwell Science / CTA, Oxford /Wageningen.Maluccio A. J. L. Haddad and J. May. 2003. Social capitaland gender in South Africa, 1993-98. In Household Decisions,Gender and Development: A synthesis of RecentResearch, ed. A. Quisumbing. Washington D.C.: InternationalFood Policy Research Institute.Meinzen-Dick, R. and M. Zwarteveen. 2003. Gender participationin water management: Issues from waterusers associations in South Asia. In Household Decisions,Gender and Development: A synthesis of Recent Research,ed. A. Quisumbing. Washington D.C.: International FoodPolicy Research Institute.Moore G.1990. Structural determinants of men ’s andwomen ’s personal networks. America Sociological Review55:726 –35.NCFS.2003. Voluntary Resettlement programme (Accessto improved land). New coalition for food security inEthiopia. Vol II. Addis Ababa.Pankhurst, A and Gebre, A., 2002. The Current Understandingof Poverty and wellbeing in Ethiopia, paper tothe inaugural workshop of the ESRC Research Group onWellbeing in Developing Countries, January 13th-17th,2003, Bath, United Kingdom.Ravula. P, Bantilan MCS, Parthasarathy D and GandhiBVJ. 2006. Gender and social capital mediated technologyadoption. Impact Series no.12. Patancheru 502 324,Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops ResearchInstitute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.48 pp.ISBN 92-9066-494-0.Order code ISE 012.30 Africa’ Social Development Review 2010