Reproduction of pigs in the hills of eastern Nepal

Gatenby, Ruth M.; Chemjong, P. B.

doi:10.1007/bf02359602

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“…This scenario has led to a situation where the majority of the farmers lack proper pig husbandry skills witnessed in the current study. The delayed weaning reported in this study has also been reported in smallholder farms in Nepal (Gatenby and Chemjong 1992) and the Solomon Islands (de Fredrick and Osborne 1977). Weaning of piglets at an earlier age will require provision of high-quality feeds for piglets, which may be lacking in free-range systems (Taveros and More 2001).…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Marketing constraints were common amongst the farmers and mainly included poor prices and inadequate market information. Marketing as constraint in smallholder pig farming has also been reported in several studies (Gatenby and Chemjong 1992;More et al 1999;Wabacha 2001). It is recommended that smallholder farmers form cooperative groups, which would allow them to bargain for better feed and pig prices and in seeking for other markets.…”

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confidence: 84%

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Characteristics of the smallholder free-range pig production system in western Kenya

Kagira

Kanyari

Maingi

et al. 2009

Trop Anim Health Prod

105

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Free-range pig farming is common amongst the small-scale farmers in western Kenya. In order to determine the characteristics of this type of production system, a cross-sectional questionnaire survey on farm characteristics and management was collected from 182 farmers in Busia District. The mean farm size was one acre, while the mean number of pigs per farm was 3.6. Pigs were mainly kept as a source of income (98%) and majority were of cross breed variety (64%). The production systems included farrow to weaner (12%), porker to finisher (36%), and mixed (46%). Sixty five percent (65%) of the pigs were tethered and housing was not provided in 61% of the farms. Most of the feeds were sourced locally. Lack of castration and delayed weaning of pigs was observed on 49% and 30% of the farms, respectively. The main production constraints included pig diseases (81%) and high cost or lack of feed (81%). Haematopinus suis infestations and worm infections were considered to be the most important diseases by 71% and 55% of the farmers, respectively. Farmers had moderate knowledge on parasitic disease diagnosis with 31% and 62% not having a history of either deworming or spraying pigs with acaricides, respectively. Marketing constraints were common amongst the farmers and included poor prices and inadequate market information. In conclusion, the production system was characterized as low-input with an income objective. Future research and development approaches should focus on the integration of free-range farmers into the country's market chains through access to extension services.

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confidence: 78%

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confidence: 84%

Characteristics of the smallholder free-range pig production system in western Kenya

Kagira

Kanyari

Maingi

et al. 2009

Trop Anim Health Prod

105

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“…These two pig breeds are the main indigenous pig breeds used in the present study representing more than 50% of the pig population evaluated. A comparable litter sizes have been recorded by some other unimproved breeds in the region and elsewhere, for example, native pigs of the hilltribes in Thailand with 7.1 piglets born per litter (Falvey, 1981), native pigs in Nepal with 7.9 piglets born per litter (Gatenby and Chemjong, 1992), and Mukota pigs in Zimbabwe with 7.3 piglets born per litter in an on-station trial (Ncube et al, 2003). Further, those studies done on Ban and MongCai pigs (Thuy, 1999(Thuy, , 2001) reported 1 litter/ year and 1.5 -2.1 litters/year for Ban and MongCai pigs, respectively.…”

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confidence: 53%

Comparative study of Indigenous pig production in Vietnam and Sri Lanka

Silva¹,

Thủy²,

Abeykoon³

et al. 2016

Int. J. Livest. Prod.

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Smallholder pig farming is an important livelihood source in many rural communities of countries in Asia region such as Vietnam and Sri Lanka. The indigenous pig population is diminishing over the years and it requires a better attention for conservation and sustainable utilization. The objectives of this study were to identify the pig farming system characteristics and investigate the effect of these characteristics on keeping pigs for livelihood in Vietnam and Sri Lanka. A total of 725 households were surveyed including 264 keeping pigs and 461 without pigs. Farming system characteristics were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The effect of farming system characteristics on keeping pigs for livelihood was determined by logistic regression models (Models I and II). The results revealed that majority of famers (>80) kept indigenous pigs as an income source in both countries. Free range pig rearing system with low cost feeding (mainly the kitchen waste) was predominant in Sri Lanka whereas confined pigs and providing commercial concentrates was mainly practiced in Vietnam. The average herd size was significantly (p<0.05) different in Vietnam (8) and in Sri Lanka (4). Age at first farrowing, farrowing intervals and number of piglets per farrow were higher in Vietnam than in Sri Lanka. The results of model-I showed that family size, availability of piped water, keeping other livestock than pigs, watering pigs adlibitum, positively influenced keeping pigs for home consumption, whereas feeding kitchen waste, availability of water connection in working condition and livestock income negatively influenced for the same attribute. The results of model-II revealed that availability of river water and livestock income have positive impacts while availability of piped water and watering pigs adlibitum have negative impacts on keeping pigs as a income source. These findings will be useful in formulating policies to conserve the gene pool of indigenous pigs and facilitate the indigenous pig production. Increasing indigenous pig production will contribute in considerable level to ensure the food security and income generation of rural families.

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“…A high quality genetic of sow will produce in average higher number of piglets and post weaned individual pigs after that. Despite the fact that, Iyai (2008) finding was quite low of produced piglet and weaned piglets in Manokwari compared to Nepal (Gatenby and Chemjong, 1992), Vietnam (Lemke et al, 2008;Peters et al, 2006), India (Deka et al, 2007), Thailand (Nakai, 2008) and Philippines .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sow and weaned piglet associate with boars (Gatenby and Chemjong, 1992) and therefore producing high number of litter size become important. A high quality of boars will as well determining pig production productivity in Manokwari.…”

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of Pig Profiles on Small-Scale Pig Farmers in Manokwari-West Papua

Iyai

Rahayu

Sumpe

2011

J. Indonesian Trop. Anim. Agric.

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This study was aimed to determine the profiles of pig farming systems. Participatory situation analysis was employed to gain data relating to pig profiles in the urban and rural areas of Manokwari. Due to the interests of combining many correlated data, multivariate analysis using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed. Cluster Analysis using Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering was applied for analysis of merge samples based on similarity in components' composition across sites. There were various twelve classes of pig profiles in Manokwari. In principal component of the first axis correlation of several components shows strong positive relation e.g. in piglets, sows, and total herd size. Status of region in the first axis of PCA (P1) through which pigs were raised had negative correlation, including grower, household member and pig production. In the second axis (P2), negative correlations were shown in piglets, grower, boars, total herd size and the Pig Production Potential (PPP). Status of region has underpinned profiles of pigs. Several farmers were able to manage their farm continuity in a steady composition. Selling pigs was the main aim and few farmers play a role as pure breeder.

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Reproduction of pigs in the hills of eastern Nepal

Cited by 18 publications

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Characteristics of the smallholder free-range pig production system in western Kenya

Characteristics of the smallholder free-range pig production system in western Kenya

Comparative study of Indigenous pig production in Vietnam and Sri Lanka

Analysis of Pig Profiles on Small-Scale Pig Farmers in Manokwari-West Papua

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