This Friday, the stay of the Minister of Livestock, accompanied by other officials, ended after 12 days of stay in the Asian country.
Within the framework of the anniversary of 35 years of relations between Uruguay and China, the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing, Fernando Mattosvisited the Asian giant together with a water affairs delegation where they attended the XVIII World Water Congress.
The minister was accompanied by the national director of Natural Resources of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Martin Mattos, the national director of Water of the Ministry of Environment, Viviana Pesceand the president of the Uruguayan Delegation to the Joint Uruguayan-Brazilian Commission for the Development of the Laguna Merín Basin, Oscar Acosta.
The group arrived in the Asian country on September 10 and were there until Friday, where they participated in the XVIII World Water Congress that took place between September 11 and 15. There, all countries had “the same concern: how to better preserve water resources”, despite their cultural and geographical differencessaid Pesce during a meeting with the media held at the Uruguayan Embassy in the Chinese capital.
The example of the Asian giant
The water director commented that the delegation traveled to the cities of Beijing and Tianjin (in northeastern China) where they had enriching exchanges where they participated in “presentations by the best Chinese experts.” In this sense, Pesce highlighted that the channel infrastructure that carry water from the south of China, wetter, to the north, drier “demonstrates that barriers can be broken and water transported hundreds of kilometers.”
On the other hand, he added that he exchanged ideas with Chinese experts regarding that country’s experience of “harvesting water in periods of abundance and distributing it in periods of drought.” In this sense, the official highlighted the challenges that the last 3 years of drought represented in the Uruguay “especially its metropolitan area, which includes a third of the total population.” For this reason, he highlighted the importance of “learning from what China knows about planning, flood management and intelligent irrigation management.”
Minister Mattos, for his part, highlighted the strategic importance of the care and management of water for food security and claimed to have learned from China how you manage your water resources with detailed planning. In that sense, the official recalled that the Uruguay produces food for 30 million people, being a country with 3 million inhabitants and mentioned the possibility of “incorporating irrigation technology” in the Uruguayan food production system to “multiply” production.
Source: Ambito
