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This paper examines levels of social trust and its influence on the development of social capital among young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the first part of the paper, we give an initial theoretical overview that serves as a framework for the survey. The aim of the paper is to investigate different types of social capital and to review the extent in which the social trust enables efficient building of social networks, connections and ties. In the second part of the paper, we present our survey, conducted in the year 2017. The case of a 1,352 people from 15 to 30 years of age. The survey is showing a general lack of trust among young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its negative impact on society’s development., Italian Sociological Review, Vol 9, No 3 (2019)

The contemporary concept of value chains has evolved from many disciplines and directions by creating a complex and multidisciplinary body of knowledge. The value chains consist of structural and dynamic components of a system. The structural components refer to all participants within a chain that, through marketfocused collaboration, execute a sequence of activities that add value. The dynamic components relate to management and relationships among participants, and the ability of the value chain to remain competitive by improving the system. The main activities of a value chain analysis are: end-market analysis, value chain mapping, the analysis of network structure and governance, as well as economic analysis. The results of the analysis are the input for the upgrading strategies. Types of upgrading in value chains are: the upgrading of a product, process, functional and intersectoral upgrading. The paper focuses on the value chains in agribusiness and especially to small agricultural producers.