Within the framework of World Meat Congress celebrated on Maastricht, Netherlandsthe head of the MGAP spoke this Wednesday about the effects of climate change and its relationship with the livestock sector. There, he maintained that “the climate change is a global concern”, and that “its causes are generated by man and not by cows”.
Mattos He pointed out that the contribution of livestock to climate change is “clearly oversized,” and called for a greater scientific basis when making calculations.
The minister stated that, on the contrary, livestock farming is “a solution to food security” in the world, and highlighted the importance of the sector in Uruguayas well as their contributions to the economic and social development of the country.
“We are concerned about the rules of the European Green Deal”
“The false story imposed of being the cause of a contribution that is increasingly verified is lower in terms of emissions,” said the minister, who was concerned about “the rules of the European Green Deal“, since they “establish bureaucracy and extra costs for agricultural trade” generating “more barriers and inequities for the smallest producers.”
The owner of the MGAP He went further and said that “developed countries are the biggest causes (of emissions),” and that “they have not channeled the promised aid to developing countries, increasingly vulnerable to extreme climate phenomena.”
The participation of Mattos at the World Meat Congress in Maastricht is part of a European tour that is being carried out together with a delegation representing Uruguaywhere they already participated in the Anuga Fair, in Cologne, Germanyand held meetings in Brussels, Belgium) with authorities of the European Union (EU).
Earlier this month, Mattos was elected as president of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) during the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas 2023, held in San Jose Costa Ricawith the unanimous vote of the 32 participating countries.
Source: Ambito
