Sent in by Maria Esperanza Camacho Vallejo, IGA Country Representative 1. WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION OF IGA IN SPAIN? IGA’s situation is good and is really improving quickly. We have a Spanish member on the Board of Directors (Dr. J. Capote), and we feel that the voice of our researchers, technicians and goat keepers...

The association Slow - Food France has sent us information on a project to reclaim a hardy endangered breed. Catalan goats were identified in 1979 by Lawrence River Avon and were first recognized by their particular horn type. Actions planned from September 2009 will enable a more accurate DNA typing, and organoleptic...

Sent in by Yung-Yi Sung, IGA Country Representative The 14th AAAP (August 2010) will take place in Pintung, Taiwan, so we are designing a roundtable meeting or an assembly to gather delegates from AAAP Animal Science Congress whom are interested on goat raising. As a representative for IGA in Taiwan I always ask younger...

Implications for Increased Productivity and Food Security by C. Devendra (PhD, DSc, FASc. Email: cdev@pc.jaring.my) IGA Country Representative, Malaysia 1. Introduction The search for efficiency in improved and ecologically sustainable animal production systems assumes two principal objectives: • The...

Sent in by Christos Papachristoforou, IGA Country Representative The total number of goats today is around 240,000, the same as in 2000. There was a gradual increase in goat numbers from 2000 to 2004 up to 292,000 animals, followed by a gradual decrease to the current figure. The downwards trend may continue in the coming years...