Interview to Alberto López, director of FIGAN
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FIGAN Is the appointment of reference of the sector Spanish and south grazier of Europe. With which novelties finds the visitor in this new edition?
FIGAN Characterises by a real and harmonious fusion of the zone expositiva —linked with the technology and the innovation, with leading products and new projects— and the area of alive animals, with the presence of livestocks and a good number of heads. Besides, erige like the best platform for the professional debate.
It has consolidated the number and the quality of the display units?
In spite of the difficult moments by which crosses the world-wide economy and of which are not extraneous in the primary sector, the segment of the animal production gives appointment, mostly, in the pavilions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Fair of Saragossa. Like this, the edition of 2013 has figures that situate in parameters very similar to the of the previous announcement, that was all a success.
In this sense, would like me stand out the quality and the volume of days, presentations, meetings and assemblies that develop in the frame of FIGAN 2013. This is, definitely, a very important data that gives sample of the so notable paper that has purchased the living room for the professionals, the companies and, of course, for the associations.
The same that with other fairs agroalimentarias of the house, his team has commissioned to promote FIGAN during the last months in multiple appointments around the Spanish geography and also European. What resulted have obtained?
Beside this, and like one of the basic pillars to position to our living rooms in the international leadership, llevar an intense task, that focaliza in the foreign market, without losing of sight the national plane. All this has seen materialised in the visit, promotion and participation of our living room in the big European appointments, as well as the participation of FIGAN in the forums referents of his sector.
Between other measures tackled to spread our contest, have to underline the signature of agreements with the main sectorial associations, in addition to having a narrow collaboration between the business and sectorial associations and Fair of Saragossa. Along the two years that pass between an edition and another treat to be presents in the main forums. This is an element that differentiates us of other organisations feriales and that contributes greater value to our appointment.
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Which extraordinary efforts have had to realise from the steering so that this edition did not see mermada in number of display units and visitors?
Obviously, in the last months have intensified the work to obtain the big results of past editions. It is necessary to add that the reputation and path of FIGAN do us easier ours work. The living room is situated between the best sectorial forums to international level, by what the commercialisation, although it is constant and trabajosa, is agile and very dynamic. The companies trust we like tool of support to the sector and this is ours better letter of presentation.
FIGAN Is also an only opportunity to know the last in investigation for the sector grazier, from the genetics to the veterinary sector. Which subjects stand out in the technical days of this edition?
Between the main subjects that tackle , of the 19 to 22 March, stands out the session organised by Anaporc and Anprogapor, on animal welfare and environingingment. Likewise, between the subjects that will mark the diary in the conferences of FIGAN stands out the genomic selection, the centres of collected of genetic material and artificial insemination, the new technologies applied to the formulation of piensos and to the animal production or the control ecográfico in beef lechero.
Also subjects like the quality of the water in a farm or the salmonella will be subjects that will form part of the debate. Beside these, there is programmed an intense program of assemblies and meetings in which they will participate companies and associations of the sector grazier.
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The sector grazier has been precisely of which more has suffered the crisis in these last years, had to largely to an increase of the price of the raw materials and to an adjust even greater of the prices paid to the producer. Of which form has affected to the manufacturers of equipment for livestock?
Treats of a sector that characterises by the change and by his capacity not to bend and face up to difficult situations. In the last years, the segment grazier has been conscious of the importance to enter new processes and a tecnificación higher to attain a greater profitability in the final product. Thus, in the last decade, the market agropecuario has starred a remarkable increase regarding his bet by the R&D that has affected, of positive way, to all the relative to the equipment and the processes. In definite, the sector evolves to steps enlarged.
Each politician that goes through FIGAN incide in the need to support firmly the primary sector like bet of future. It notices you this backrest from the institutions?
In our case, the relation with the institutions no only is usual, but by his vicinity, have the total backrest of the Administration. For putting an example, FIGAN 2013 has renewed his paper of international living room, that distinguishes the ministry of Spanish Industry, and that serves of guarantee of face to the outside. The living room improves the connection between the institutions with the companies and the workers pecuarios. We are the best bond of union between them and our living room contributes to approach postures that serve to look for formulas that improve the conditions of the system grazier.