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 have easy access to the organization. It is also making easy my role as contact point between the Spanish goat world and the IGA organization. Today the number of IGA Spanish members is not a good reflection on the importance of goats in our country, but I am trying to improve this situation. With this purpose I have established a network, and a mailing list including all Spanish IGA members, but also other people (researchers, transference technicians, etc) and institutions (breeders associations, cooperatives, etc) not included in the organization. Nevertheless I think that the celebration of the 2012 International Conference on Goats in Spain will be a turning point in the definitive extension of IGA in our country. Now the preparation of the event is producing general interest in IGA,
