Each of the poultry associations that make up ALA agreed to send messages to the United Nations through their respective governments.
Members of the Latin American Poultry Association (ALA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) held a meeting on August 9 to finalize a joint proposal or common front ahead of the United Nations Summit.
At the end of the virtual meeting, ALA President Luis Valle Coello stated that production in Latin America represents a great development opportunity for the region’s nations.
He argued that this interest is based on food security, economic, social, and environmental perspectives —and therefore, it must be part of the global solution. “For that reason, no food system should be excluded, least of all the poultry sector, which today —even amid the COVID-19 pandemic— has demonstrated its great strengths.”
“Above all, because of the nutritional value provided by the consumption of eggs and chicken meat, and on the other hand, the enormous contribution it has made to the economy of consumers through accessible prices,” he added.
This common front aims to achieve “a balance in how food is produced and consumed, without favoring one group of foods over another due to reckless proposals that have nothing to do with reality or science,” he added.
The virtual meeting was attended by the Director General of the IICA, Manuel Otero, as well as representatives from poultry companies in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, and Peru, among others, including Cargill and CMI.
Source: avicultura.com