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Emilio Magallón Botaya

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Emilio Magallón Botaya graduated from the University of Zaragoza with a degree in Veterinary Medicine and specialized in Animal Production and Agricultural Economics.

After starting his professional career as a rural veterinarian, he worked in the pig sector in the Nutreco Group for over 40 years.

He has been an associate professor of Pig Production in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Zaragoza for over 15 years and is a professor of Economic Analysis in the MSc in Animal Production and Health at the universities of Zaragoza, Lleida and the Complutense University of Madrid.

He has participated in several research projects related to the pig industry on improving Iberian pig genetics.

He has published several books and many articles on the Spanish pig industry and has participated in several conferences and round tables all around Spain.

He currently advises several companies in the industry in Strategic Planning and Economics.

Challenges of the Spanish pig industry

Spain is, regarding pig census, the third country in the world in relation to pig production, behind China and the USA, and the fourth as pork producer because Germany fattens many piglets imported from The Netherlands and Denmark, and it also slaughters pigs from these and other countries.