The property transmission in the family agriculture: an analysis from the daughter’s compensation

Abstract

In the property transmission in the family agriculture the division and the compensation forms are distinct between sons and daughters. In the majority of the cases, the sons earn the paternal establishment. This way, the fathers compensate the daughters in different ways. The goal of this article is to analyze the transmission of the property in the family agriculture with a focus on the daughter’s compensation form. Answering the proposed issue, family farmers from Pinhal Grande and Dona Francisca municipalities were interviewed, both located at the central region of Rio Grande do Sul. The results confirm that the daughters are not excluded from the family establishment earning just in the cases when they are the only child. In the other cases, the establishments tend to remain with one of the sons - male successor -, while the daughters receive other compensations: studies payment, urban real state, trousseau and money. In many situations, the daughters earn more than one compensation form.