Juventude rural e políticas de extensão rural do Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to identify and analyse the rural extension projects, developed since 2003 by the Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco (IPA), for the youth of the rural way, of the community Brejinho da Serra, from the borough of Petrolândia, in Pernambuco. Specific, was intend to analyse the Rural politics Extension of the rural youth in the context of non agricultural activities, on the perspective of local development. Where consider vector of this analyses the as Catani and Gilioli (2008) considerations, Bourdieu (1983) and Cordeiro (2009) concerning the plurality and diversity of the youth; Figueiredo (1981) and Silva (2002) regarding the history of the Rural Extension in Brazil and their activities with the rural youth; Campanhola and Silva (2000), Del Grossi (2002) and Pires (2005) on the current analyses of the Brazilian rural way and the meaning that the no agricultures activities take part in this scenario; Oliveira (2001), Barth and Brose (2002) and Santos (2005) with the perspective of the Local Development. We have worked with the Rural Extension Projects from IPA for represent the main governamental organization responsable for the politics extensions in the State of Pernambuco, according Complementary Law 049/2003. Eight persons from 14 an 29 years were interviewed, with the purpose of analyse the reading of the youth regarding the Rural Extension projects from IPA, well as to know a little bit more the rural youth reality, therefore their potentials, their demands and their perspectives of the future. The study showed that the rural youth has not being considerate as main target specific by the Rural Extension from IPA politics, being insert in the projects only as benefit from certain programs and restrict at agricultural activities. We notice that the revivifications from the de Brejinho da Serra youth are about the demands from the public services, the leisure and the activities that can generate money for the community agricultural and non agricultural. Those complain seems to be a necessary condition for the youth remain in their environment and practice as protagonist in the social and economic development in their locality.