摘要：This work is dedicated to understanding how cooperative organizations participate of generational succession in family farms, located in the region of the North Regional Development Council (Corede North), in Rio Grande do Sul. In order to meet the proposed objective, the research presents a descriptive and exploratory methodological approach, and uses quantitative and qualitative techniques to collect information, which was carried out in 11 agricultural cooperatives. The results of the research shows that the exit of young people from the countryside is motivated, according to the managers of the cooperatives, by the lack of dialogue in the family, which has caused disputes around the decision making in the rural properties. And to try to reverse this condition, the leaders point out the need to develop propositional actions to empower young people in the participation of decisions with the production units. Based on these results, the role of cooperative organizations would be to develop multidisciplinary actions involving the family in the discussion of the management and succession of the productive establishment, with the purpose of encourage the permanence of young people in rural areas.
