01091nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000800043100002100051700001500072700001600087245009500103490000600198520071500204022001400919       2016                            d  cmar1 aCaroline Ceretta1 aCarolina y1 aNara Santos00aCultural Heritage and Rural Development: Implications for Rural Advisory Services Practice0 v83 aThe intangible cultural heritage consists of practices, techniques and expressions, as well as the tools and artifacts associated with them. In this context, rural advisory services can incorporate the local culture to achieve rural development. The purpose of this article is to analyze the international legal framework in relation to rural development, seeking to contextualize the relationship between it and the local culture, the Brazilian experiences of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension. Data were collected on bibliographical and documentary research. The results indicate that the rural advisory services can find new alternatives for rural development, using the intangible cultural heritage.  a2178-9061