ICTS in Brazilian family farming: facing isolation and digital exclusion

The article records the evolution of primary data made by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) with the aim of understanding the progressive digital inclusion in the Brazilian rural world. We revisit in an updated perspective a survey that originates in 2006 and continues until 2022, relating the consumption of ICTs by Brazilian family farming. The importance of mobile phones is highlighted, anticipating the arrival of Smartphones and the Internet in rural areas. The exodus of young people, especially girls, is a reality even in family farming. Masculinization and aging are constant in rural reality, aspects that greatly contribute to the wear and tear of the social fabric. The analysis of the evolution of primary data on the presence of ICTs allows us to understand the characteristics of digital inclusion in the Brazilian rural world. At the end, we present our reflection on the potential of ICTs in the context of gender and generation relations for rural development policies.