Fatores que motivam ou restringem a sucessão geracional a partir da visão de agricultores do município de Condor - RS

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the factors that motivate or restrict the generational succession from the farmers' view of Condor-RS. The sample is non-probabilistic and for convenience. Sixty - four questionnaires were applied to farmers from the municipality of condor - RS, from July to August 2019. Data were analyzed from Exploratory Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis and basic descriptive statistics. Through statistical techniques two groups of farmers were formed. The first is mostly farmers who are less sensitive to factors that influence succession processes (19 farmers). The second group consists of farmers who are more sensitive to factors influencing succession (45 farmers). The profiles of the farmers who contributed to this research are mostly male, over 50 years old and low education. Regarding the continuity of properties, among the total respondents, predominate farmers without succession 78.12% (51 farmers) and 21.88% (23 farmers). In terms of stratified analysis, considering the set of variables, both characterization of farmers and properties, it is important to consider that there are differences between the groups analyzed. In this sense it was found that farmers who are less sensitive to succession factors are those who predominate the lack of successors, more time on the property, higher age of the head of household and the size of smaller properties. These aspects together may be, to a greater or lesser extent, less sensitive to variables that may motivate succession