A movement of young family farmers

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v30n1-1

Keywords:

youth movement, young family farmer, Parliamentary Agricultural Front, social reproduction

Abstract

This article describes union participation among young family farmers mobilized by the Bahia State Agricultural Workers’ Federation; we describe the origin and organizational trajectory of this movement, family farmers, and the participation of young people in the family farmer union movement. The empirical basis of this analysis was a survey conducted among participants in the 1st State Festival of Rural Youth in Bahia in 2013, which produced 145 statements. The results confirmed that the main characteristics of young people’s participation in family agriculture were intense socialization in this work and precarious material autonomy. Within this context, the young people’s participation in the union was seen to be marked by family ties and the search for social reproduction in family farming, while also constituting a political practice aimed at social recognition and material autonomy.

elocation-id: e2230101
Received: 09.14.2021   •   Accepted: 01.26.2022   •   Published: 02.21.2022
Original article  /  Blind peer review  /  Open access

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Author Biography

  • Nilson Weisheimer, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) – Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil

    Permanent Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Social Sciences: Culture, Inequality and Development (PPGCS) and Associate Professor at the Center for Arts, Humanities and Letters (CAHL) of the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB). Master and Doctor in Sociology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) with a Post-Doctorate at the Department of Sociology at the University of São Paulo (USP). Leader of CNPq Research Groups Nucleus of Studies in Family Agriculture and Rural Development (NEAF/UFRB) and Social Observatory of Youth (OSJ/UFRB).
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-8402
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/8189989792551322
    nw65br@gmail.com

Published

2022-02-21

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