The Agricultural Familiar Succession: (Im)Possibilities of the Rural School in the City of Barra Bonita (SC)

Abstract

This paper results from the research on the (im)possibilities of rural school regarding the promotion of agricultural familiar succession in the city of Barra Bonita (SC/Brazil). The research sought to understand if the public policies related to rural education promote the permanence/succession of young people in country properties. It is a qualitative research of bibliographical character, assuming a dialectic and critical orientation. The paper is organized in two parts: the first one focuses on the conceptual notion of rural education, approaching agricultural schools and the public policies created for this context. The second one reflects on the (im)possibilities of rural schools regarding contributions to familiar permanence/succession. It is anticipated that public policies and actions addressed to young people in the countryside are fragile when it comes to promoting the succession and the permanence of these young adults in the country properties from the city of Barra Bonita (SC). In addition, the paper highlights the need for creating public policies for young people that are coherent with the Brazilian diversity, in a way that they can provide incentive, human development and generation of income for the ones who want to live in the countryside.