Agricultural cooperativism and generational succession in rural properties: reflections about the case of Cotrijal/RS

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the actions of the Rio Grande do Sul agricultural cooperative Cotrijal aimed at young people, cooperative members or children of cooperative members, with a view to encouraging generational succession. It was supported by documentary data for the year 2021, collected on the Cotrijal website. Currently, the cooperative is developing two specific projects to stimulate generational succession, Child Leaders and Family Participation, through which it tries to promote the socialization of the new generations of farmers in the field and in the cooperative, stimulating their accountability by older generations. And recently, Cotrijal has undergone a change in its visual identity, incorporating the idea of generational succession in its logo. Therefore, the analysis of the recent scenario of actions of the Cotrijal demonstrates the prioritization of the concern with the generational succession, since it is this cyclical renewal of farmers that guarantees the survival of the agricultural cooperative itself.

Keywords
family farming; agricultural cooperative; rural development; rural young; social reproduction