The importance of the work of cooperativist education to rural extension

Investigación
Rosa Palloma Ferreira

Universidade Norte do Paraná

Nora Beatriz Presno Amodeo

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Diego Neves de Sousa

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

The cooperativist education is the learning process that goes beyond mere speeches and proposals and values, similarly, the social and business side and the specific demands of the training of organizations and partners. Regarding agricultural cooperatives, the training demands correspond to actions directed to rural producers. This study is done in order to analyze the contribution of cooperative education tools to the rural extension and describe the relationship of cooperative education and performance of the Empresa de Asistencia y Extensión Rural of the Department of Minas Gerais. Methodologically, it was used for exploratory research and for the technique of the questionnaire sent to 452 agricultural cooperatives throughout 2011 and 2012. Among the results is evidenced that the development of cooperative education works done by organizations has been shown as extension jobs providing benefits to cooperatives looking to daily make viable the guidance and training received.

Keywords: agricultural cooperatives, cooperativist education, extension, rural extension, cooperative management

How to Cite

Palloma Ferreira , R., Presno Amodeo, N. B., & Neves de Sousa, D. (2013). The importance of the work of cooperativist education to rural extension. Cooperativismo & Desarrollo, 20(101). https://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/co/article/view/16
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