Jovens casais rurais e seus projetos de vida estudo de caso de Hulha Negra/RS

Abstract

This article deals with the permanence of rural young couples in agrarian reform settlements of the interior of the Black Coal county - RS and what their identifies life projects. As we know, there are many literatures which claim that the field is becoming an empty space due to the rural exodus, led by rural youth, particularly young women. However, in the course of observations and studies within the municipality, it was possible to visualize the presence of many young couples settled in various localities of Coal Black. In order to be able to earn an income to ensure their survival in the field, these couples develop various agricultural activities and even non-agricultural. To do so, were pre-selected a sample of three young couples to be interviewed, each couple generates its income from different activities, but with some common ground. One of the couples has milk production primarily engaged in their lot; another couple cultivated soybean crops; and finally the third couple cultivates seed, prepares and sells bakery at the Fair of Agrarian Reform that occurs in the city, make crafts and assists in dairy farming parents of the young man in cooperativado regime. This research has as main objective to analyze the motivations for young people to remain in the field, face the adversities of rural areas and what are the strategies and life plans of these rural couples who remain in the settlements of Agrarian Reform in the municipality of Coal Black / RS. The specific objectives are to check which economic motivations that encourage young people to remain in the field; identify which are the non-economic factors that motivate the permanence of young people in the field; determine the profile of the young man who remains in the field and analyze what their life projects.