These farms represent almost 25% of livestock production and contribute 15% of the gross value of the sector, highlighted Minister Fernando Mattos.
The government launched a National Family Agriculture Plan, with the aim of promoting an area that generates 29% of employment in the sector and contributes 15% of the gross value of the agro, according to data from Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP).
In total, there are 16,321 productive units and 28,377 family producers registered with the MGAP, while some 80,000 people are linked to this branch in the country and almost 25% of livestock production comes from family farms, highlighted the head of the MGAP. , Fernando Mattos, who highlighted his contribution to the economy and food safety.
In this way, the plan aims to create a legal and institutional framework conducive, support the youth, promote the gender equality, strengthen linked organizations, improve well-being and socioeconomic inclusion and promote the sustainability, the strengthening of the territory and multidimensionality.
“If a person has access to digital education, the opportunity gaps that these families may have are reduced,” he highlighted. Mattos, who also recalled that this type of exploitation is the one that must overcome the most important obstacles faced health or climatic difficulties, Therefore, the support of the State is “fundamental.”
In turn, the leader valued that “they are in some way the safeguard of our own cultural and social interests because they are part of the rural fabric that makes up our national identity and our customs,” highlighting that the objective is to prevent new generations abandon the countryside and generate processes of land concentration.
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The plan has the endorsement of the FAO
The proposal, which includes different aspects, was recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a “fundamental pillar” to transform agri-food systems in an “efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable” way.
This was stated through a video message by the regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the FAO, Mario Lubetkin, who assured that family farming is at the highest level of the agendas for the development of the United Nations.
During the activity, where the president was present Luis Lacalle Pou, Lubetkin highlighted the efforts of Uruguay for valuing the role of women and rural youth in this plan, thus favoring “greater equity and inclusion” in Latin America and the Caribbean that can serve as “reference and inspiration” for other regions of the world.
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Source: Ambito
