YOUTH REPRESENTATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FAMILY FARMING IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Rosani Marisa Spanevello; Victória Marques; Tailini Soares Botene; Nádia Scariot

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Trabalho

DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1440267

Título do Trabalho

YOUTH REPRESENTATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FAMILY FARMING IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Autores

Rosani Marisa Spanevello
Victória Marques
Tailini Soares Botene
Nádia Scariot

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 23 - Rural Youth and Climate Change: Identities, Territorial Resistance, and the Dilemma of Work or Migration

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1440267-youth-representation-in-the-management-of-family-farming-in-rio-grande-do-sul

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

rural youth, generational succession, management, family farming establishments, Rio Grande do Sul.

Resumo

In Rio Grande do Sul, family farming accounts for 293,892 agricultural establishments, or 80% of all establishments in the state (IBGE, 2017). Its main socioeconomic challenges include the lack of generational succession and the aging of farm managers. This study aims to analyze the representativeness of young managers (up to 35 years old) within family farming in Rio Grande do Sul, in comparison with adults (36 to 64 years old) and older adults (65 years or over). The data used for the analysis are drawn from the 2017 Agricultural Census and segmented according to the eight intermediate geographic regions: Porto Alegre, Pelotas, Santa Maria, Uruguaiana, Ijuí, Passo Fundo, Caxias do Sul, and Santa Cruz do Sul–Lajeado. The results show that, in the Porto Alegre region, 8.39% of farms are managed by young people, 62.8% by adults, and 28.78% by older adults; in Pelotas, the percentages are 9.86% young, 65.7% adults, and 24.45% older adults; in Santa Maria, 7.92% young managers, 60.9% adults, and 31.7% older adults. The Uruguaiana region presents the following distribution: 7.92% young, 57.6% adults, and 34.4% older adults. In Ijuí, 5.81% are young managers, 68.22% adults, and 25.97% older adults. In Passo Fundo, the scenario is 7.48% young, 68.14% adults, and 24.39% older adults; while in Caxias do Sul, 4.38% are young, 63.54% adults, and 32.09% older adults. Finally, in the Santa Cruz do Sul–Lajeado region, 9.84% are young managers, 65.43% adults, and 24.73% older adults. Overall, young people represent a smaller share of managers compared with the other age groups, and the proportion of older adults is nearly three times that of young managers. This highlights the aging of family farm managers in Rio Grande do Sul and the need for public policies that support generational succession.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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SPANEVELLO, Rosani Marisa et al.. YOUTH REPRESENTATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FAMILY FARMING IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1440267-YOUTH-REPRESENTATION-IN-THE-MANAGEMENT-OF-FAMILY-FARMING-IN-RIO-GRANDE-DO-SUL. Acesso em: 16/09/2026