The document provides information about Argentina's beef industry and the Argentinean Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (MACS). It notes that Argentina has over 54 million cattle and exports over 3 million tons of beef annually. The MACS was initiated to establish definitions and principles for sustainable beef production. Priorities for the MACS include aligning domestic regulations with export requirements, increasing productivity and efficiency, exploring new export markets, and addressing issues like greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation. Future plans for the MACS include defining sustainability criteria for beef production in Argentina and piloting projects to test the criteria.

1. Argentinean Roundtable for
Sustainable Beef
Mesa Argentina de Carne
Sustentable - MACS -
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2. “ARGENTINA in numbers
STOCK
~ 54 Mill cattle
DOMESTIC
MARKET
Population
43 MILLION
Average of last 3 years
58,4 kg/hab/year
43,8 kg/hab/year
13,0 kg/hab/year
~ 13 Mill annual
slaugther
~ 3 Mill tn
carcass (2017)
vs 201762%
EXPORTS
Source: Senasa / Secretaria de Agroindustria

3. organizationsArgentinean
Roundtable
for
Sustainable
Beef - MACS
Initiated +
Mission, Vision, Sustainable beef definition and
Principles validated
Will be legally constituted by the end of 2018
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4. PRIORITIES Align domestic sanitary requirements with
export markets requirements
Increase productivity & efficiency (↑ weaning
rate, ↑ slaughter average weight)
New export markets
GHG
balance
Deforestation Antibiotics Animal
WelfareCaldenes S.A.

5. “IMPACT
GRAN CHACO
National Plan
“Forest Management
with Integrated
Livestock (MBGI)”
(silvopastoril)
Pilot projects on ANIMAL WELFARE
public/private protocols
RedVetBA
University Curricula
↑ training and communication

6. What’s
NEXT…
Define an Estrategic Working Plan for the
MACS.
Move forward with the definiton of
Argentina’s Sustainability Criteria for Beef
Production.
Reach out to more producers
Develop pilot project to test Criteria. Look for
funding opportunities
Explore new export markets and their
sustainability demands
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7. THANK YOU
Josefina Eisele
Global Roundtable for Sustainable
Beef
Regional Director
M +54-911-6748-1601
josefina.eisele@grsbeef.org
Caldenes S.A.