Spanish livestock sector shows unity between associations
All six interprofessional organizations that represent the Spanish livestock-meat sector (ASICI, AVIANZA, INTERCUN, INTEROVIC, INTERPORC and PROVACUNO) have shown their unity of action and their commitment to value and defend the interests of the entire chain and guarantee its sustainability and economic, environmental and social resilience to contribute to the recovery and stability that Spain needs to face the challenges of the future.
Within the framework of two of the most representative events for the sector, FIGAN 2021, the International Fair for Animal Production held in Zaragoza, and the 21st Aecoc Congress of Meat and Prepared Products that took place in Lleida, Javier López spoke and Alberto Herranz representing the six interprofessional organizations and have defended that "only together will we be able to face the challenges and opportunities that the sector will experience in the coming years within the framework of Strategies such as From Farm to Table or the Next Generation EU European Funds, as well as important phenomena such as climate change or the demographic challenge ".
Javier López has indicated in FIGAN that "the six interprofessional of the chain, from a leadership position in the sector, have joined forces in an unprecedented collaboration in our economic field to assume new commitments that act in favor of economic and social reconstruction of Spain and contribute to overcoming common challenges ".
On his part, Alberto Herranz has stated in the Aecoc Congress that the livestock-meat chain is an important ecosystem that generates opportunities and we seek to make it even more so. "Throughout the country, two million people live on the livestock-meat chain, with a majority presence in rural areas, in many municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants that are the most affected by depopulation. Livestock contributes more than 15,000 million of euros to agricultural production, while the meat industry has a turnover of more than 26,000 million euros, which places it as the leader of the entire food sector with 22.6% of the total, and a contribution to the country's trade balance with With 9,000 million euros in exports, "Herranz highlighted, concluding that" all of us who are part of the livestock-meat chain are committed to contributing to the economic progress of our country. "
The scope of the sector ranges from the international to the local since the maintenance of livestock in rural areas generates economic activity at the local level through the more than 400,000 active livestock farms and companies installed in the territory, in many times, in municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants, which are in a particularly serious situation as a result of depopulation, which makes it a fundamental agent for the structuring of the territory and to face depopulation.
Exemplarity and commitment of the sector to stability
The Spanish agri-food sector, led by the livestock-meat sector, has demonstrated throughout the pandemic period that it acts with a sense of the State to ensure the availability of products for the entire population.
After the long period of the pandemic, the moment of economic recovery has arrived, in which public and private entities have collaborated together for the economic and social progress of the country. And the livestock-meat chain expresses its commitment to the transformation of the entire value chain to increase its competitiveness, economic and environmental sustainability, as well as its digitization capabilities, as we can see in the development of the next agri-food PERTE that will be designed by the Government of Spain in close collaboration with the sector and the chain.
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