Young people from the central region of Rio Grande do Sul: perspectives and policies for staying in rural areas

• Autor(a) principal: Troian, Alessandra
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista IDEAS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaideas.ufrrj.br/ojs/index.php/ideas/article/view/164
• topic: rural youth; development; youngs; public policies; jovens; juventude rural; políticas públicas; desenvolvimento

The youth is a social category highlighted, a phase of changes that deserve to be studied, especially rural youth who becomes invisible by agriculture socialization process. The study aims to characterize the young people who have remained in rural areas, with their perceptions about what needs to change and improve for young people to remain in the field and the known policies and accessed by them. To this end, we interviewed 18 young people from 11 different rural communities in the municipality of Arroio do Tigre, central region of Rio Grande do Sul. The study was limited to young between 14 to 25 years designing their lives in rural areas. It was found that young people feel good at the stage of life they are in and associate youth to a freedom and responsibility step. With respect to the outlook, respondents demand investments, specific policies and government support, still wish to respect and value the profession and the way of life of the farmer. Finally, it is noted that young people are placed in public policies aimed the other age groups, the known and accessible policies are for the production and productivity, requiring actions in non agricultural activities and related to leisure and education.