The leader of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), Fernando Mattos, continues his tour of the Asian giant and met with the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of that country, while participating in the III Forum of Ministers of Agriculture China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States).
As part of the agenda, the minister asked the Chinese leader to hold the third joint committee before the end of this year with the aim of defining the working groups for the development of their relations. A request to which Han Jun He immediately agreed.
On the other hand, Mattos recalled that within these work teams are those dedicated to the bovine genetics, an important issue when it comes to increasing livestock production. In this regard, he stressed the importance of achieving semen and embryo collection centers, with the intention of speeding up the enabling of this technology for export to China.
The Chinese leader agreed with the Uruguayan minister’s request and also stressed the importance of agriculture for the development of both countries.
Victims of climate change
During his time in China, Mattos participated in the III Forum of Ministers of Agriculture China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) and imposed its position regarding climate change and the difference in emissions between countries with more developed economies.
“We are not the problem that causes climate change, we are the victims who must work together to make large emitters aware of how decarbonize their economies,” the minister said in his speech.
“Protectionist tendencies are growing hand in hand with geopolitical aspects and logistical problems, as well as new trends where environmental aspects are introduced as a new factor of protection for agricultural trade,” he added, and assured that “no one defends the issue of the environment more than rural producers in Latin America, who are major suppliers of food to the world and have a huge impact on international trade.”
In this regard, he also stressed the importance of the region in food security.Latin America “We are responsible for almost a third of the global supply of food and agricultural products,” he said, stressing that we are the perfect complement to the demand for food in the fastest-growing region of the world,” referring to the Chinese market.
Source: Ambito
