A sustentabilidade socioeconômica e os desafios da inserção da juventude na Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária Nova Santa Rita (COOPAN) Nova Santa Rita (RS)

Abstract

Within the context of the organization of production and life in areas of agrarian reform from the initiative of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), the Cooperatives of Agricultural and Livestock Production (CPAs) are inserted. The general objective of this work was to analyze the socioeconomic sustainability and the challenges of youth insertion in the Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuária Nova Santa Rita (COOPAN), from 2004 to 2016. In order to analyze the current sources of support and perspectives For future generations, through the challenges of socioeconomic integration of young people. The theoretical issues discussed in this paper deal with themes such as socioeconomic sustainability, solidarity economy and cooperation in agrarian reform, and the challenges of rural youth integration in cooperation processes. The methodological procedure consisted of a case study through exploratory-descriptive research, which used bibliographical and documentary research, with a predominantly qualitative approach. In order to contextualize the object of analysis, the municipality and the settlement of origin of the cooperative were characterized, and a brief history of its construction process was carried out. The analysis began with the accounting data obtained from the Balance Sheets and Income Statement of the Year of each year, followed by the general data of internal records and data referring to the production sectors. The results show that the cooperative grew economically and in number of members during these 13 analyzed years. This increase in the number of members was mainly due to the association of the young children of associates in the cooperative, leading to the need to increase their productive structures. On the part of the youth the desire of permanence in the cooperative was observed conciliating with a good remuneration, quality of life and leisure. However, it is concluded that, even increasing its productive capacity and the number of members of the cooperative, did not represent a significant increase in its labor productivity, as well as presented challenges in relation to its competitive economic efficiency.