Family succession by the perception of young students of the Regional Rural Family House of Alpestre/RS

Family succession by the perception of young students of the Regional Rural Family House of Alpestre/RS - Brazil

Abstract

Rural succession is a constructive process, in which the sharing of the decision-making and the management process of rural property is taken by rural youth. This article aims to analyze the perception of young people who study in the Casa Familiar Rural Regional de Alpestre [Regional Rural Family House of Alpestre], Rio Grande do Sul, under the regime of alternating pedagogy, on the possibilities of rural succession in their families. The methodology used to answer the objective is designed as an explanatory and exploratory research, with the undertaking of a case study developed in the High School Regional Rural Family House of Alpestre, from an interview with 60 students who study in the regime of pedagogy of alternation. The results indicate that 70% of respondents consider their family's property a productive potential to develop family succession, understand dialogue as an important indicator of the probability of achieving the process, coupled with shared decision-making. In relation to the main motivations in developing succession, they signal the quality of life in rural areas, the possibility of financial ascension, and the qualification of productive activities. In this regard, the opportunity to study in the Rural Family House was evidenced as an additional motivator in the succession process, with the methodology aimed at discussing local rural realities and including young people in this debate. It was concluded that, in the perception of rural youth sampled, rural succession maintains a process of construction and dialogue, with the strengthening of public policies that enhance the productive activities developed by rural properties being fundamental.