He Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) confirmed the investment of 3 million dollars to “improve the competitiveness and productivity” of the dairy sector, within the framework of an agreement with the National Milk Institute (Inale) and the National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA).
In a complex international scenario, the project “Managing the growth of dairy systems” seeks to achieve an improvement in the management of dairy farms, with the aim of increasing their net income and also environmental sustainability.
This was revealed by the minister Fernando Mattos, after signing the agreement with the president of Inale, Juan Daniel Vago; and the head of the INIA, Jose Bonica. “Very extensive work has been done to reach a consensus and reach the objective, which is to improve competitiveness and productivity,” said the head of the MGAP.
Regarding the agreement, which includes an expenditure of 3 million dollars to be executed in two phases of two and a half years each, Mattos expressed: “We are facing the enormous challenge of carrying out a dairy sustainable that generates the income of resources and income necessary for the activity to be sustained.”
A key investment in a complex scenario
On the other hand, the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries admitted that “the challenges of dairy farming are enormous” and recognized the “complex moment from the point of view of the markets.” However, he expressed his expectation of getting “a dairy more competitive and with more technological application, more adapted to new times.”
For Mattos, It is essential to incorporate “sustainability aspects”. Therefore, he called for the Uruguayan dairy sector, which today has 3,120 establishments, manages to “responsibly use resources”, as well as incorporate “circular economy criteria where production should not be a factor of alteration of our biodiversity, resources and sources of water supply”.
In the same line, Lazy He highlighted that from Inale they want to generate information and transfer it to facilitate innovation. “We want to get more milk, insert young people, take care of the environment and reach more markets,” he noted.
The project will be implemented by a steering committee made up of delegates from producer unions and the industry. Thus, protocols will be defined to innovate in production, so that more than one offer is obtained for each demand.
Source: Ambito
