From the Country Director's Desk; Nicaragua National Cattleman's Congress

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El 23 y 24 de julio en un hotel capitalino de Nicaragua se llevó a cabo el III Congreso Nacional Ganadero del país, en el cual participaron unas 400 personas entre ganaderos, técnicos nacionales e internacionales, representantes de casas comerciales y representantes de las instituciones del gobierno. Los expertos internacionales que participaron en el Congreso son oriundos de Centroamérica, Estados Unidos, Holanda, Uruguay y Brasil. Los voluntarios del Programa Farmer to Farmer,  Gerald Nolte y Anthony Jilek de la Universidad de River Falls Wisconsin y Lawton Stewart de Virginia Polytechnic Institute, tuvieron una activa participación en la divulgación de tecnología y experiencias en la producción de la carne bovina y en el ramo de mejoramiento genético para la promoción del desarrollo tecnológico de la ganadería Nicaragüense y su competitividad.

La realización de este III Congreso Ganadero representa para el sector agricola una gran partida al sueño que anhelamos los ganaderos nicaragüenses, sueño que es compartido por la voluntad expresa del gobierno, por las organizaciones nacionales, las organizaciones internacionales y programas como Farmer to Farmer de Compañeros de las Américas que hoy nos acompañan con los cuales sumamos esfuerzos planificados y coherentes que permitirán a través de un programa bien estructurado lograr la reconversión ganadera, garantizándole de esta manera el porvenir de Nicaragua, el de nuestras futuras generaciones y, sobre todo, la conservación de nuestro medio ambiente manifestó René Blandón, presidente de CONAGAN.

Los planteamientos de los voluntarios del Programa Farmer to Farmer sobre la necesidad de lograr una buena nutrición del ganado y el registro del desempeño productivo del ganado son necesarios para la mejora de la producción de carne, leche y la genética del hato nicaragüense respectivamente.

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Dr. Anthony Jilek

On July 23-24, the Third National Livestock Congress was held at a capital hotel in Nicaragua.  Over 400 individuals were in attendance, including farmers, Nicaraguan and foreign technicians, representatives of business houses and representatives of government institutions .

 The international experts who participated in the Congress traveled from several Central American countries, the United States, Netherlands, Uruguay and Brazil. Farmer to Farmer volunteers Gerald Nolte & Anthony Jilek, both from University of Wisconsin River Falls, and Dr. Lawton Stewart from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, actively participated in the congress.  To promote technical development and improved competitiveness of Nicaraguan livestock, the volunteers participated in discussions about beef production technology and genetic improvement.

"The III National Livestock Congress was due in large part to the shared efforts of the different government entities, national and international organizations and programs such as Partners of the Americas' Farmer to Farmer Program. Today we joined forces with all of these different stakeholders to plan a coherent, structured program to achieve the conversion of livestock, thus guaranteeing the future of Nicaragua and especially conservation of our environment", said Rene Blandon, president of CONAGAN.

 Farmer to Farmer volunteers emphasized the importance of good livestock nutrition, performance, and recording of livestock production to improve meat and milk production and herd genetics in Nicaragua.




Dr. Ronald Blandon is the Country Director for the Farmer to Farmer Program in Nicaragua.

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