INTERVIEW 42 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2022 much the consumption should be. It shows that our market grows almost 2% every year. The role of Argentinian products in feed industry is a production/local consumer one and we also have an export orientation that actually is growing, but it represents only a small part of our production (around 4%). However, we think the excellent product quality and the local costs represent an opportunity to make international commerce higher and more stable to local economics issues. In recent years, Covid-19 pandemic and epidemics such as African swine fever (ASF) and avian flu have seriously affected the animal nutrition industry. How did all these outbreaks affect the Argentinian feed industry? What about their effects in your country? Argentina hopefully has a very high sanitary status and these two epidemics haven’t affected our animal feed nutrition condition at all, representing an opportunity for exporting more to Europe and Asia and also working on a constant caring of the GMP. The global animal nutrition industry has many important topics on its busy agenda; such as antibiotic-free production, sustainability, environmental footprint, carbon emissions, alternative proteins, feed safety and animal welfare. How do all these topics affect the feed industry in Argentina? Which of these issues are more important for the feed industry in your country? Actually, in Argentina we are working emphatic in GMP and HACCP, and also making a public-pri- "In Argentina we are working emphatic in GMP and HACCP, and also making a public-private work regarding antibiotic-free production. Also, CAENA organizes the National Animal Feed Congress in Argentina every two years and the last one in 2021 focused on sustainability, carbon and environmental footprint, putting these things in agenda for the next years of the market evolution."
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