Danske svin på linsen
(Foto: Morten Thomsen)
Et Sydkoreansk TV-hold har stillet skarpt på svineproduktionen i Europa. Danmark imponerede både holdets journalister, kameramænd og produceren.
Et tv-hold fra den landsdækkende TV-kanal i Sydkorea KNN har været i tre europæiske lande for at undersøge, hvordan svineproduktion fungerer på kontinentet. Turen gik til Tyskland, Frankrig og Danmark, og specielt det sidstnævnte land imponerede.
”For at lave en god dokumentar havde vi på forhånd undersøgt svineproduktionen i Europa, og den undersøgelse viste, at Danmark uden tvivl er de bedste, når det kommer til svineproduktion,” siger producenten af tv-programmet Ick-Jun Cho.
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Betagede af andelsbevægelsen
I forbindelse med deres besøg i landet besøgte det sydkoreanske TV-hold Landbrug & Fødevarer. Her fortalte Nicolaj Christoffersen, sektorchef i Landbrug & Fødevarer, om den danske svineproduktion og andelsbevægelsen. Og det var noget, som gjorde indtryk på de besøgende.
”Vi var meget betagede af samspillet mellem landmanden og andelsslagterierne. Det er en meget anderledes måde at gøre forretning på, end vi gør i Sydkorea. Der laver bonden blot en kontrakt med et firma om, hvor meget han skal levere og til hvilken pris. På den måde det bliver gjort i Danmark, kan alle koncentrere sig om deres arbejde, i stedet for alt muligt andet,” siger Ick-Jun Cho.
Han håber, at han kan tage andet end fyldte videobånd med, når han forlader landet.
”Målet med vores program er at vise den udviklede svineproduktion i Europa til det sydkoreanske folk. Og det kan forhåbentlig skabe forslag til udvikling af Sydkorea i en lignende retning,” siger Ick-Jun Cho.
Læs hele interviewet med Ick-Jun Cho på engelsk herunder:
What do you hope to get out of your visit in Denmark?
We are producing a documentary about developed pig/pork production industry in Europe. To make a good documentary, we have researched on pig/pork production in Europe and the result of the research showed that Denmark is, indubitably, the best when it comes to pig/pork production. We hoped to learn more about it visiting Denmark. That was our biggest interest but we also expected to experience one of the greenest and happiest country in the world.
What is your impression of the Danish pig-production so far?
It was very impressive. From the interview with Nicolaj Christoffersen, the director of pork sector, we could hear about the great integration of all the interests of pig production industry. And the way they work between the cooperative and the slaughter house company was also very impressive since it's pretty different from the way it is in many other countries (for example, in South Korea where we are from, farmers make a contract with the company about quantity and price and so on). In the Danish way people can just concentrate on what they do, we thought. And how much effort is taken for research was also very impressive. When we visited Danish Crown slaughter house in Horsens which is a part of the result of the research, we were amazed by its great facility not only because it was very automated but also we could find lots of considerations for employees, environment and neighborhood.
What have surprised you the most in Denmark?
Many things related to green energy, for example, we saw lots of wind power generators, beautiful fields of rape flowers for bio fuel and biking people.
What do you hope the Korean viewers will get out of watching the program?
This documentary program is two parted program about developed European pork production industry. The aim for the program is showing the developed pig/pork production industry in Europe to Korean people and suggesting development direction.
What is the topic you’re investigating in France and Germany?
We have researched on pig/pork production in Europe and the result showed that those three countries have very developed technology of pig/pork production. The main theme of each countries like below. Denmark: Cooperative work between producers and slaughter house, green technologies of pig production.
Germany: Meat processing industry. (e.g. sausage and ham..)
France: Developing technology of new breeds of pig and pork dish.