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The Regional Conference was preceded by a visit to a protected area establishment between the Rocha Lagoon and the ocean.
Uruguay is hosting the 1st Regional Conference for the Sustainable Transformation of Livestock. As a previous activity, a field trip with about 70 people was carried out at Cabaña Tropicalia in Laguna de Rocha, a Protected Area.
The country thus showed its production of #ganaderiasostenible, during an afternoon where visitors consulted on the attributes of the national production system.
he establishment located in Las Garzas, has an area of 4714 hectares between the ocean and the Laguna de Rocha.
The group was able to appreciate Héreford cattle and Texel sheep as well as the surrounding landscape, between the departments of Maldonado and Rocha.
The farm has 70 paddocks. All of them with water ditches, extra hills and shelter. The farm has 5 windmills plus water wells in the hulls to provide water to 25 paddocks.
It has four hulls, two of which house the production facilities. There are 37 people living here, including staff and family.
Among the visitors were authorities from various countries, FAO representatives, technicians and academics who will accompany them and specialists who will speak during the two-day conference to be held on November 5 and 6 at the Punta del Este convention center, to address the issues of sustainable livestock farming.
See here the Program of the Conference on November 5 and 6 #ganaderíasostenible.
The conference is open and reserved to individuals and organizations linked to livestock farming, with prior registration.
The opening will be in charge of the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou, the Director-General of FAO Qu Dongyu, FAO's highest authority, the Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative Mario Lubetkin.
Three Uruguayan government ministers will participate in the opening ceremony: Robert Bouvier, Minister of Environment, Azucena Arbeleche, Minister of Economy and Finance, and Fernando Mattos, Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. There will also be representatives on the panels from IICA, FAO, members of the diplomatic corps, the private sector and the public sector.
More than 700 people are expected to participate.
The head of INAC said that the Conference is a great opportunity to show the world the collaborative role of Uruguay, not only for this organization to bring together so many valuable voices around livestock sustainability but to appreciate the Uruguayan production system and therefore there will be a field day the day before for guests and authorities.
To read the full welcome from INAC President Conrado Ferber.
Detailed information about the event is available at the official website of the Conference: ganaderiasostenible.inac.uy/
President of the National Meat Institute
