Growth in the pork sector does not reach all producers, warns the APPC

"The sector is growing, but the system still does not manage to include everyone in an orderly manner," Mannarini pointed out, highlighting that the main challenges are the lack of articulation with the State, limited access to adequate financing, and high informality, reflected in practices such as clandestine mining. The head of the guild emphasized that the current challenge is not only productive but also social: to ensure that this expansion process generates real opportunities for social development. "As the Paraguayan Association of Pork Producers, we mainly represent the small and medium-sized pork producers of the country, who constitute the productive base of the sector and who today face the greatest challenges to sustain themselves, grow, and fully integrate into the value chain," he indicated. He added that from the association they work with a clear vision: that the growth being experienced by the Paraguayan pork industry does not remain concentrated in a few actors, ...