Carlos Iannizzotto, Coninagro president: “You cannot govern with Central Bank circulars or with DNU”

Carlos Iannizzottopresident of Coninagro, warned that “the government is promoting speculation” and stressed that “it is not possible to govern with the circulars of the Central Bank or with the DNU”, during the cycle Democracy and development organized by Clarione.

The summit of one of the entities of the Liaison Table stressed that “the situation of injustice, lack of ethics and transparency in which the government itself is promoting speculation has worsened”.

“It is not the producer that speculates, it is the government itself that promotes it. You cannot govern with the circulars of the central bank or with the DNU “, he warned.

Iannizzotto said that “economic policies and not poverty management” are necessary. In this sense, he expanded: “Here there is a real need for a production leap. And it is done through an exchange rate policy, a fiscal policy, a policy linked to the financial question and a policy that strengthens two bastions: the family and the society”.

“If there is no family and no company, there is no country. This is where the agro-industrial policy of our nation should be oriented. In this vast country, we can make a demographic and production policy that takes us out of this urban planning where the 90 percent is in town, he exclaimed.

He said that “concentration is another evil this kind of administration is causing.” And she talked about aoriented concentration of the state apparatus with an interventionist sense which is dulling the breath of small and medium-sized enterprises, and this is what constitutes the basis of SMEs “.

“We need to create a private social network that strengthens the sector and that the state accompanies that productive force, which adds value for more employment. It is the way to combat social plans,” he considered.

“Politics cannot look the other way. It must be inserted in this production scheme. Elections are next year. Today we have time to implement policies that unite politics and the public. The Argentine parliament is one of the great tools to have that vision of state policy, “she concluded.

On the other hand, he stressed that “today the private sector is strong in the face of an international and national context that is totally opposed to ideology and populism”.

“I hope the officials taking office will have the courage to apply the concrete measures attached to the agreement to support growth, production and development policies,” he exclaimed.

“There is no growth and development in Argentina if we don’t have a transparent trading system and suitable for productivity. If what is happening today does not happen, an unemployment problem and a devalued and confused trading system that also produces a lack of production and exports, “she added.

Finally, Iannizzotto considered that “exports and the culture of work and exports have been stigmatized”.

In that line, he noted: “We need to change the populist mentality. You need to have unity and give new officials the courage to have the muscle to do what is needed. An export and labor policy. And give value to production and regional economies “.

Born in 1955 in the province of Mendoza, Iannizzotto has been at the helm of Coninagro since 2016. Father of 10 children, he is a lawyer, wine producer and member of a cooperative.

Iannizzotto participated in the political life of Mendoza. From 1997 to 1999 he was Chief of Staff of the Ministry of the Environment and Public Works of the Provincial Government, and last year he presented himself as a candidate for national deputy for the political movement Encuentro por Mendoza, which he founded.

The Coninagro manager was part of the first panel of the fourth edition of the Democracy and Development Cycle which had the so-called Full Link Table. He was accompanied by Nicolás Pino, of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA); Jorge Chemes, of the Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA); and Carlos Achetoni, of the Argentine Agricultural Federation.

Mario Ravettino, of Frigoríficos ABC, also exhibited for the meat industry; for soy, Luis Zubizarreta, of AcSoja and CARBIO; for wheat, Pedro Vigneau, of Maizar; and Pilu Giraudo, from Aapresid and the red Mujeres Rurales.

Pedro Vigneau, head of Maizar: “We are decoupled from the world”

The agricultural producer and owner of Maizar Pietro Vigneau He stressed that Argentina “is decoupled from the world” because “it is the only country in the Americas that applies export duties”.

“It is impossible to penalize what we export when we have to look for efficiency and corn has a lot to give in this regard,” he warned, saying that 75% was exported last year. “We are exporting corn to fatten animals in Southeast Asia,” she said wryly.

“We export work at a time when the need to generate work is imperative. We have to agree on what we want to be as a country and where we are going. Get out of the pendulums we’re used to and leverage what the world asks of us, “she said.

Vigneau said that in a tour he did with Lalo Creus, councilor of La Matanza, “the disaster that exists” was seen, and exclaimed: “Comparing it with the potential we have on this other side … the level of mediocrity is tremendous ”.

Finally, he said that “we must accept to give decent work to many Argentines who need it today”. “The bioeconomy is an immense lever that the world offers us today, ranging from fossil to renewable. The management of photosynthesis is an incredible opportunity for our country”, he concluded.

Since December 2021 Vigneau has held the presidency of the Argentine Association of Corn and Sorghum (Maizar), an entity that he integrates on behalf of the Argentine Association of No-Till Growers (Aapresid), which he led from 2016 to 2018, and of which he is currently “Honorary President”.