The president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, visited the 10to Chicken and Hen Partyan exhibition of the poultry sector that began this Friday in San Bautista, Canelones, and will last until Sunday the 13th. There, the president stressed that this sector “sometimes to blows and understanding the whole chain has been formalized.”
At the beginning of his speech, the president highlighted: “I am from back, I am eternally grateful to the many friends who taught me so much here,” and recalled that in 2008 he was invited by the current Minister of the Environment to see the first edition of this festival, which takes place in the so-called “national poultry capital”.
In San Bautista, department of Canelones, we participated in the inauguration of the 10th edition of the Avicola Expo. pic.twitter.com/wQAbnzAjw8
– Luis Lacalle Pou (@LuisLacallePou) February 11, 2022
Lacalle Pou congratulated the organizers and wished them success. “Pushing this thing is not easy, it is a very good thing to celebrate this very important activity that involves meat that, if it is not the most consumed in the world, hits the stick”He said.
He also spoke about the sector and stressed the importance that, from the health point of view, producers find “a way to produce homogeneous”, to have “an oiled chainhave insurance when it’s needed, and have the markets.
In this sense, he argued that the opening of the Macau market for poultry meat (confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this Thursday) It is very good news”.
“It is the beginning to put the leg in a place where the great avian consumption of the world takes place”, indicated the president.
This was the first time that a President of the Republic visits this activity and this was highlighted by producers and government actors in their social networks.
#Now is inaugurated the #FiestadelPolloylaGallina in San Bautista (Poultry Capital) with the presence of the president @LuisLacallePou and government authorities. First time a president visits this party. Great recognition to an important sector of our farm. pic.twitter.com/pzOUlKhsur
– Nicolas Chiesa (@nchiesa) February 11, 2022
At the Poultry Expo, representing the sector in San Bautista, the National Capital of Poultry, with the presence of President Lacalle Pou and a good part of his team! Promoting our activity and its positive economic and social impact pic.twitter.com/R6ZdYJDxXa
– Chickens from Uruguay (@PollosdelU) February 11, 2022
A horizon in the international market
The head of the MGAP, Fernando Mattos, said that this party “represents the effort of an entire community that lives and works around the sector,” which worldwide “is responsible for generating the world’s main protein.”
remembered that In Uruguay, 21 kilos of poultry meat are consumed per capita per yearand that the sector produces about 80 thousand tons of this meat per year.
Mattos also celebrated entering the Macao meat market. He pointed out that “it is excellent news” and maintained that from the ministry they see “an international market horizon that gives excellent prospects.”
In addition, he assured that The ministry is working on a trust to lower the cost of feeding birds.
The Chicken and Hen Festival takes place in San Bautista, the capital of poultry farming.
Until Sunday there is a party
The Chicken and Hen Festival will last until Sunday, February 13 with various activities related to the poultry sector, such as technical talks, skills and abilities contests, and artistic shows. In the place you can also see material from the Aviculture Museum.
The Chicken and Hen Festival takes place in San Bautista, Canelones, a town considered the national capital of poultry farming.
