Agroindústria rural: contribuições e desafios do jovem na gestão do empreendimento

Abstract

Over the years, rural family agribusinesses have become essential alternatives for family farmers, and have been instrumental in combating the rural exodus, diversifying food production, and contributing to income generation. Thus, this end-of-course work has as its main objective to describe the contributions and challenges of young people in participating in the management of the rural family agribusiness enterprise found in academic publications over the last three years. For this, a bibliographic study was carried out, whose research was characterized as qualitative and descriptive. Data collection occurred on the Google Academic platform, and temporal criteria were delimited, that is, only studies published between 2019 and 2021 were considered. In addition, the following keywords were defined to guide the searches: "rural family agroindustry", "youth contributions", "rural agroindustry management", and "Northwest Missions Region". Respecting the established criteria, 11 studies were selected for analysis. Among the results achieved, the importance of young people's participation in the rural environment stands out, since they can bring new perspectives and add knowledge to the family business. However, factors such as the rural exodus, especially of women, can affect family succession, an essential element for the work in the field. Added to this are difficulties in the management of rural family agribusinesses, which can become decisive for the continuity or not of the business. These are major obstacles and challenges to be overcome. In this sense, the continuity of studies for young people working in rural family agribusinesses and the creation and maintenance of specific public policies for the rural environment may help family farmers to find ways to overcome these difficulties and continue working in rural family agribusinesses.