Extensão Universitária e Agricultura Familiar: um diálogo promissor para a formação profissional nas Ciências Agrárias

The study aimed to analyze the impacts of university extension carried out with family farming, in training professionals linked agrarian sciences. A project developed by Polytechnic College Federal University Santa Maria, which approaches students together, from contexts involving farming central region Rio Grande do Sul, was used as a case. method for data collection focus group three participating project, two courses related agricultural sciences and one administration course. In their testimonies, indicated development technical skills, communication knowledge mobilization, at solving problems faced awakening, behaviors such cooperation, empathy, solidarity justice. It concluded that dialogue between farmers, mediated extension, has contributed formation qualified world work sensitive social economic involve region. At same time, reconfiguration organizational productive processes sustainable production, food security, well stimulating trade.