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This paper examines, from a gender perspective, the types of occupation and sources of income of family women and men from the rural areas of the state of Paraná, Brazil, in the period between 2001 and 2008. The estimates reflected that the number of families in the analyzed period was stabilized, reversing a decline occurred in the nineties of the last century. A sharp reduction in agricultural occupations and a worrying process of proletarianization were found, being women the most affected by these phenomena. The non-agricultural occupations opened an important place for women income generation separate from male spaces. Men revenues from agricultural occupations are still the largely responsible in the formation of family income and social transfers are the major source of income for women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The work was aimed at making a diagnosis on the Economic Sustainability of properties located in the micro watershed Sanga Guabiroba, using indicators of sustainability. Five indicators were evaluated such as land and buildings, capital improvements, equity in machinery and equipment, property and animals in permanent crops. The survey was conducted in 22 Agricultural Production Units (APU), chosen at random. Through the indicators was obtained from the index of sustainability of UPA's. It was possible to characterize the UPA's sampled as unsustainable 23%, tending to unsustainable 23% Transition 27%, tending to sustainability 18% and only 9% claimed to be sustainable. The indicator that more committed to the sustainability of UPA's, was the indicator permanent crops proving unsustainable. Machinery and equipment, area and animals were in the range of transition, and the indicator showed that it was sustainable improvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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