Empreendedorismo rural feminino: mulheres na olivicultura da região sul do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Rural female entrepreneurship has been gaining traction in a culturally maledominated environment throughout history. Women in the countryside have been gaining market share and gaining respect due to their struggles and clashes, especially in Rio Grande do Sul in a culturally sexist state, in which some women have been standing out to build and generate wealth. However, the reasons and difficulties they face are still poorly studied. In order to analyze the role of women in olive production in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul, this qualitative dissertation will seek to answer this question through semi-structured interviews and an interpretive analysis of the responses of entrepreneurs in the cultivation of olive trees. As main results, we found women motivated with the production of their product, with a minimum degree of education, who do not have this activity as their main source of income, as they have other parallel professions, which face machismo, precarious roads and weather conditions as barriers. And advantages: quality of life, investment for retirement and future support.