Atividades não agrícolas e sucessão de jovens no campo

Abstract

This dissertation has as its central theme the permanence of new generations, children of farmers, in rural areas. However, unlike other studies on the generational succession of young farmers in the countryside, this work focuses its analysis on properties where there are young people who perform not only agricultural but especially non-agricultural activities such as pluriactivity, para-agricultural and non-agricultural products. The aim is to analyze the relationships that are established between succession in rural areas and non-agricultural activities in the city of Crissiumal - RS, from the insertion of young people in non-agricultural activities, understanding how these activities can foster succession among them and, finally, from their permanence, the characteristics and the kinds of succession that are presented in the studied properties. The methodology used was a qualitative research, the data collection instrument was the semi-structured interview, and the procedure used for data analysis was the discourse analysis. The selection criteria of the interviewees were: to live in rural areas, in paternal properties or independently established in other properties; to live in rural areas, performing non-agricultural, pluriactive or para-agricultural activities as a way of generating income. The age range considered for the interviewees was delimited between 15 and 29 years old. In total, 26 interviews were conducted. The results indicate that young people perform both agricultural and non-agricultural activities on the farm or only non-agricultural off the farm. Non-agricultural activities are seen as enhancing the permanence of the interviewees in rural areas and also in properties because they have advantages such as individual and monthly income. Also, the results of this work reveal that the succession arrangements reported by the interviewees have different characteristics, not having in traditional generational succession this model. The responses of the young interviewees allow us to identify the presence of three succession arrangements: rural succession, hereditary succession and generational succession.