Uruguay plans innovation in bovine traceability process

Published May 6, 2025

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Uruguay, the only country with full cattle traceability, is seeking technological advancements to maintain its status. Officials, including Fratti and leaders from ANII, INAC, and INIA, have announced an international call for innovative projects to enhance the cattle traceability system. The initiative aims to fund projects that develop technological solutions for cattle identification, monitoring, and management using georeferencing and movement detection devices. This effort is vital for sustaining Uruguay's position in the global meat market. The call is open to Uruguayan residents, with funding available for up to two projects, each with a budget of 5,000,000 pesos, to be completed within a year and validated at an INIA experimental station. The submission period is from May 12 to July 1.

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The official stated that Uruguay continues to be the only country with full cattle traceability, although technological updates are needed. Fratti and the presidents of the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), Álvaro Brunini; the National Meat Institute (INAC), Gastón Scayola; and the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Miguel Sierra, presented the international call to develop technological solutions to update the cattle traceability system this Monday, the 5th, at the MGAP headquarters. The initiative seeks to finance innovative projects that offer technological solutions to identify, monitor, and manage cattle. This will be done through devices to georeference cattle and detect movements and possible removals of cattle caravans that impede constant and accurate monitoring of cattle. The Secretary of State emphasized that cattle traceability in Uruguay is essential to positioning the country in the international meat market. Since 2006, 18 years ...

Source: Agromeat