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   <title>Xth International Conference on Goats in Recife- Brasil - September, 2010, 19th -23rd.</title>
   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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A Special and Important event      <div style="position:relative; text-align : center; padding-bottom: 1em;">
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      <span style="font-style:italic">Sheep and goat market in Recife at the beginning of the XXth Century.</span>        <br />
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       This 10th ICG is scheduled for Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil in 2010 .  The last ICG to take place in Brazil was 1987 in Brasilia.         <br />
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       Recife is located on the Northeastern coast of Brazil a totally new area for IGA.  The Northeast region is made up of nine states and has several important key features:       <br />
       •	85% of the land is semi-arid,       <br />
       •	75% of the population is rural,       <br />
       •	90% are small holders,       <br />
       •	9.5 million goats across the region,       <br />
       •	9 unique Brazilian goat breed in this area.       <br />
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       GO TO THE SITE OF THE<a class="link" href="http://www.iga2010.com.br/en/index.asp"> Xth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GOATS </a>
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   <title>A new site on goats in Uganda</title>
   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
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       Dear IGA Members,       <br />
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       The JOY Goat Development website is up and running.        <br />
       <a class="link" href="http://www.joygoats.org.uk">http://www.joygoats.org.uk  </a>       <br />
       Try it out by clicking on the links above.       <br />
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       We’ve aimed not just to show off the work, but also to provide information to potential partners within Uganda and also helpful tips for anyone wanting to work with goats in the tropics.       <br />
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       Have a look, and tell me what you think – if there are helpful suggestions, I’ll incorporate them in the next update.       <br />
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       Dave Dowdy       <br />
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       www. joygoats.org.uk       <br />
       munnamasaka@googlemail.com       <br />
       01895 851928 (UK landline)       <br />
       07858 102899 (UK mobile)       <br />
        
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   <title>2009 Country Report from Argentina</title>
   <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <dc:creator>Christian K.  DeVries</dc:creator>
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      <b>What is the current situation of the goats in Argentina?</b>       <br />
       The goat stocks registered in the National Agricultural Census of 2002 went up to around 4,061,402 heads, which represents an increase of 16.4% with respect to the 2000 National Agricultural Survey. 50.6% of the animals are concentrated in three provinces: Santiago del Estreo (17.4%), Neuquén (16.7%) and Mendoza (16.5%), with the rest being distributed across most the national territory, particularly in ecologically marginal environments.       <br />
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       The latest reports prepared by the National Animal Health Service (SENASA) in 2009, show that while the total values of goat heads are similar to those of 2002, they note a shift of herds to more ecologically restrictive environments, located predominately in Mendoza and Neuquén (the most densely populated provinces in the center of the map left, top and bottom respectively).
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      <b>Please tell us about the goat sector in Argentina</b>       <br />
       Historically goat production was associated with a subsistence economy and has been carried out by smallholders who on average have less then 60-80 animals per herd in the north-northwest of the country and over 150 heads in the west-southwest (environment of Patagonia).       <br />
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       In the first case the activity is carried out mainly by women and acianos, constituting a majority of household income (subsistence, barter and sale).  This has led not to constitute a principal activity and investment in technology.  In the second case the activity is performed by crianceros (shepherds) and their families with animals moving during the winter season to lower more protected areas, or summer to regions higher on the mountain with grasses grown after the thaw.  These producers maintain strategies and management techniques related to their cultural and social values, giving greater identity to the activity.       <br />
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       In recent years the situation of goat production has begun to change.  On one hand is a sector of goat producers with a business profile with activities that are given to different characteristics.  These new players, started with the incorporation of genetics, management and technology aimed at making sustainable production but print looks different from the traditional.       <br />
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       On the other hand, from the National Goat Tables it was decided to work in programs of development for meat, fiber and milk that take care of the chain of value of integral way.        <br />
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       <b>What are the strengths?</b>       <br />
       Currently: A National Law (26.141) of recovery, promotion and development of goat activity.       <br />
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       The actions included in the scheme are: training and restructuring of the goat farms, improving productivity, improving product quality, the use of appropriate technologies and practices, upgrading of local genetic resources, promoting the associative enterprises, health checks, genetic improvement, the rational control of wildlife, supporting production systems and commercial and industrial activities carried out preferably by the producer, cooperatives and/or other companies of horizontal and vertical integration that make up the industry chain and goat food.       <br />
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       This scheme gives a differential treatment in the economic benefits and the requirements to complete for goat farm producers whose incomes are below the poverty line.  It also may enter into agreements with governmental and nongovernmental organizations that perform functions of social development of this sector for the purpose of optimizing care.       <br />
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       A National Goat Program that takes care of the chains of Meat, Fiber and Milk.  This will promote joint meetings of producers, industrialists, traders, research and extension institutions and governments where they are generated by regional agreements in order to optimize the use of infrastructure resources and strategies that give whitening business sustainability, eg. commercial pre-financing, training, financing, freight, etc.       <br />
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       An awareness of participatory work and greater involvement of government agencies in the harmonious development of the whole activity.       <br />
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       Interest in finding solutions to a complex problems, because treatment involves aspects of social, legal, economic, productive and environmentally.       <br />
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       <b>What are the challenges?</b>       <br />
       The goat activity must be done through the use of practices of sustainability criteria framed in economic, social and natural resources.       <br />
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       Planned growth at the local, provincial, regional and national level for optimization of the use of the resources.  This includes representatives from all sectors in the provincial implementation units (PIU) and they are organized regionally to address the problems arising from the joint in the value chain.       <br />
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       <b>Ultimately the challenge is:</b>       <br />
       Improving the quality of life of the actors linked in this chain of value: meat, fiber, milk and leather of goat origin.  It seeks to increase efficiency in every link of the chain, so as to ensure quality and wholesomeness of the products, keeping real sustainability at all levels.
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   <title>El raporto de la representante de la IGA en Argentina</title>
   <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <dc:creator>Cristina Deza</dc:creator>
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     <div><b>¿Cuál es la situación actual de las cabras en la Argentina? </b></div>
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      Las existencias caprinas registradas en el último Censo Nacional Agropecuario del año 2002 rondaron los 4.061.402 cabezas, lo que represento un incremento del 16,4% con respecto al registro de la Encuesta Nacional Agropecuaria del 2000. El 50,6 % de los animales se concentra en tres provincias a saber: Santiago del Estero (17,4%),   Neuquén (16,7%) y Mendoza (16,5%), estando el resto distribuidas en casi todo el territorio nacional, particularmente en ambientes ecológicamente marginales.       <br />
       Informes más actuales elaborados por el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Animal (SENASA) en el año 2009, muestran que si bien los valores totales de cabezas caprinas se mantienen en registros similares a los del año 2002, se nota un desplazamiento de los hatos hacia ambientes ecológicamente más restrictivos, ubicándose mayoritariamente en Mendoza y Neuquén (provincias de mayor densidad poblacional en el centro izquierdo del mapa, superior e inferior respectivamente).       <br />
       
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     <div><b>¿El sector caprino en la Argentina? </b></div>
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      Históricamente la producción caprina estuvo asociada a una economía de subsistencia y ha sido  realizada por productores minifundistas que en promedio disponen de menos de 60-80 animales por hato en la región nor-noroeste del país y de más de 150 cabezas en la región oeste-sudoeste (ambiente de Patagonia) .        <br />
       En el primer caso la actividad es llevada a cabo principalmente por mujeres y acianos, constituyendo un ingreso mayoritariamente doméstico (autoconsumo, trueque y venta). Esto ha llevado a que no constituya una actividad principal ni se invierta en tecnología. En el segundo caso la actividad es realizada por los crianceros (pastores) y sus familias en una actividad de tipo transhumante desplazándose con los animales según sea la temporada de invierno (invernada) en regiones más bajas y protegidas o verano (veraneada) en regiones más altas con pastos que crecen en la montaña luego del deshielo. Estos productores mantienen estrategias y  técnicas de manejo vinculadas a sus valores culturales y sociales, dándole mayor identidad a la actividad.        <br />
       En los últimos  años la situación de la producción caprina ha comenzado a cambiar. Por un lado se incorporó un sector de productores caprinos con perfil empresarial que le han dotado a la actividad de rasgos diferentes. Estos nuevos actores, partiendo de la incorporación de genética, manejo y tecnología apuntan a realizar una producción sustentable pero imprimiendo miradas diferentes a las tradicionales.        <br />
       Por otra parte, a partir de las Mesas Caprina Nacionales se decide trabajar en programas de desarrollo para carne, fibra y leche que atiendan la cadena de valor de manera integral.        <br />
       
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     <div><b>¿Cuáles son las fortalezas? </b></div>
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      <b>En la actualidad se dispone de:</b>       <br />
       a-	Una <b>Ley Nacional (26.141) de recuperación, fomento y desarrollo de la actividad caprina</b>.        <br />
       Las acciones comprendidas en el régimen son: la formación y recomposición de la hacienda caprina, la mejora de la productividad, la mejora de la calidad de la producción, la utilización de prácticas y tecnologías adecuadas, revalorización de los recursos genéticos locales, el fomento a los emprendimientos asociativos, el control sanitario, el mejoramiento genético, el control racional de la fauna silvestre, el apoyo a sistemas productivos y las acciones comerciales e industriales realizadas preferentemente por el productor, cooperativas y/u otras empresas de integración horizontal y vertical que conforman la cadena industrial y agroalimentaria caprina.       <br />
       El presente régimen da un tratamiento diferencial en los beneficios económicos y en los requisitos a cumplimentar a los productores de hacienda caprina cuyos ingresos estén por debajo de la línea de pobreza. Asimismo se pueden firmar convenios con organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales que cumplen funciones de desarrollo de este sector social a los efectos de optimizar la asistencia.       <br />
       b-	Un Programa Caprino Nacional que atiende las cadenas de Carne, Fibra y Leche. Para ello se promueven reuniones de articulación de los productores, industriales, comercializadores, instituciones de investigación y extensión y gobiernos donde se generan acuerdos por región a fin de optimizar el uso de los recursos de infraestructura y se blanquean estrategias que le den sostenibilidad al negocio, ej prefinanciaciones comerciales, capacitación, financiamiento del flete, etc.       <br />
       c-	Una conciencia de<b> trabajo participativo </b>y mayor compromiso de los organismos gubernamentales en el desarrollo armónico de la actividad en su conjunto.       <br />
       d-	Interés por encontrar <b>soluciones integrales</b> a un problema complejo, por cuanto involucra aspectos de tratamiento social, legal, económico, productivo y ambiental.       <br />
       
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     <div><b>¿Cuáles son los desafíos? </b></div>
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      La actividad caprina deberá llevarse a cabo mediante el uso de prácticas enmarcadas en criterios de sustentabilidad económica, social y de los recursos naturales.        <br />
       Crecimiento planificado a nivel local, provincial, regional y nacional para optimización del uso de los recursos. Para ello participan representantes de todos los estamentos en las unidades ejecutoras provinciales (UEP) y éstas se articulan a nivel regional para tratar los problemas derivados de la articulación en cadena de valor.       <br />
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     <div><b>En definitiva el desafío es:</b></div>
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      <b>Mejorar la calidad de vida de los actores vinculados a las cadenas de valor de carne, fibra, leche y cuero de origen caprino. Para ello se busca incrementar la eficiencia en todos los eslabones de la cadena, de modo de garantizar calidad y salubridad de los productos, manteniendo  la sostenibilidad real a todo nivel.</b> 
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   <title>First Announcement  : Sustainable Animal Production in the Tropics… Farming in a Changing World</title>
   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <dc:creator>Gisèle ALEXANDRE</dc:creator>
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      <a class="link" href="https://colloque.inra.fr/sapt2010_eng/">Web site: https://colloque.inra.fr/sapt2010_eng/ </a>       <br />
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       Global Animal Production is facing significant challenges over the next few decades if it is to meet the increasing demand for protein from a growing world population given the threat of climatic change and changing social expectations.In the Tropics these challenges are even larger as this is where high population growth is often combined with a rising demand for livestock products. Scientists, farmers and policymakers need to work together to identify innovative solutions.  Opportunities exist in 3 key areas: - animal breeding, - feed and forage resources, - farming systems that match territory and global markets. From November 15 to 18, 2010 the SAPT2010 Conference will hold 3 sessions on the following subjects:        <br />
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       1) Adaptation capacities of livestock to a changing environment        <br />
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       2) Local feeds their value and strategic use        <br />
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       3) Sustainable and integrated livestock farming systems. Centering on tropical and subtropical humid areas, world renowned experts will present talks on their research results in these different fields. Conference participants will be able to share knowledge and good practice, identify relevant solutions and fix priorities to meet livestock challenges.        <br />
       Gaps in scientific knowledge will also be identified to highlight future research needs       <br />
       .Submitted Papers A 1-page summary that would fit in one of the 3 sessions is welcome        <br />
       Deadline May 15, 2010 P       <br />
       roposals will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and chosen for either a plenary oral, short presentation or poster. A special poster discussion session will be held at the end of each session.       <br />
       <a class="link" href="https://colloque.inra.fr/sapt2010_eng/">For more information</a>       <br />
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       We look forward to your participation in this exciting event.       <br />
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       The Organizing Committee       <br />
       
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