{"id":21760,"date":"2025-06-17T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/meat-farming-is-a-matter-of-state\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:48:16","slug":"meat-farming-is-a-matter-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/meat-farming-is-a-matter-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMeat farming is a matter of state\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, June 13, the Constituent Assembly of the Livestock-Meat Network of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) was held in Segovia. This is a key initiative created to put the essential role of the livestock-meat sector in rural development, sustainability, and the economy of many regions at the center of the political and social agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cMeat farming cannot continue to be treated as a technical or sectoral issue. It is a matter of state,\u201d stated Luis Mart\u00ednez-Sicluna, Secretary General of the FEMP<\/h2>\n

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During his speech, Mart\u00ednez-Sicluna emphasized that the economy of hundreds of municipalities, the stability of thousands of families, territorial management, biodiversity, and food security depend on the livestock-meat industry. He also emphasized that the sector is in transition, under pressure from new social and environmental demands, and that local involvement is key to ensuring a fair and balanced transition.<\/p>\n

The new network, in which ANAFRIC actively participates through the Livestock-Meat Forum, brings together four provincial councils and more than 60 municipalities, and will have a Governing Council that will be appointed soon. This is the eleventh thematic network promoted by the FEMP (Femencial de la Energ\u00eda).<\/p>\n

In the words of Carlos Garc\u00eda, president of the Network and of the Provincial Council of Segovia, “if we want a strong rural environment, we need a strong primary sector.” He argued that the primary sector represents the decent work of many anonymous people who support the countryside and the agri-food transformation, contributing more than 700,000 direct jobs, more than \u20ac33 billion annually, and accounting for 2.3% of the national GDP.<\/p>\n

For his part, Manuel Garc\u00eda, president of the Livestock-Meat Forum, emphasized that the livestock-meat industry is on par with other strategic sectors such as the automotive industry, and that the network represents an opportunity to establish a positive symbiosis between municipalities and the sector.<\/p>\n

At ANAFRIC, we strongly support this network as a tool for active listening, collaborative work, and the defense of a sustainable, innovative livestock-meat model rooted in the region.<\/p>\n

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