Health and production measures for smallholder pig production in Kikuyu Division, central Kenya

Wabacha, JK; Maribei, J.M.; Mulei, CM; Kyule, M.N.; Zessin, Karl-Hans; Oluoch‐Kosura, Willis

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.02.006

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“…The use of local feedstuffs may have also caused by poor availability of commercial feeds and associated costs. This observation agrees with findings in Tanzania [60], in Kenya [54], Nigeria [51,61] and in tropical resource poor communities [62], where cheap locally available feed resources were used as the main feed resource base for pigs. However, based on feed types, amount and feeding regimes, this study indicate inadequate feeding, which is likely to have resulted in poor productive and reproductive performances of pigs.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The majority of pig farmers kept breeding stock, which may have been more attractive than fattening in relation to investment requirement and return on investment. This observation was similar to findings from smallholder pig production system in central Kenya [54], Ramotwa village in Botswana [55] and Dhemaji district in India [56], where breeding females were kept by majority of pig farmers. The proportion of households keeping breeding boars and the mean number of breeding boars per household was small in the current study.…”

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confidence: 90%

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Smallholder Pigs Production Systems in Tanzania

Kimbi¹,

Mlangwa²,

Thamsborg³

2015

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Pig production is becoming increasingly important in Eastern Africa in recent years. Two studies were carried out in Mbozi and Mbeya rural districts to characterise smallholder pig production systems and associated pig management practises. A participatory rural appraisal (PRA), involving 279 pigs-keeping households in nine villages and a cross sectional survey using a random sample of 300 pig farmers in 30 villages of the study districts, were used to collect data. Important economic activities were crop farming, livestock keeping, petty business, casual labour and artisan works in that order. The mean farm size and number of pigs per household was 2 ± 2.7 ha and 4.9 ± 4.2 pigs, respectively. The largest categories of pig herd structure were breeding females followed by piglets. Age, marital status, household size and land size of household head had significant influence on the pig herd size (P < 0.05). Pig farmers practised three main types of pig management systems, namely, total confinement, semi confinement and free range/herding. Each system had specific management practices in relation to feeding and housing. The frequencies of these systems varied significantly (P < 0.01) by socio-economic factors, such as, educational status of household head, land size and herd sizes of pigs, goats and cattle. The authors recommend effective use of locally available resources and careful consideration of existing farming systems for sustainable development of smallholder pig production.

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 90%

Smallholder Pigs Production Systems in Tanzania

Kimbi¹,

Mlangwa²,

Thamsborg³

2015

JAST-A

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“…in average of 6 heads. Similar report was also found by Wabacha et al (2004) at Kenya pig farming system, i.e. 4 heads of born piglets/hh and number of farrowing/y was 2 times.…”

Section: Pig Farming Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 86%

Perbandingkan Karakteristik Berbagai Zona Agroekologi Sistem Peternakan Babi; Studi Kasus Sistem Peternakan Babi di Pulau, Pesisir dan Dataran Rendah di Papua dan Papua Barat

Iyai

2017

Sains Pet

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The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of pig farming performances of the three different agro-ecological zones, i.e. at island, coastal and lowland ecological zones. Sites represented island pig farmers were Biak and Yapen. Samples subsequently were taken from Samofa District and South Yapen District comprised of Famboaman, Anotaurei, Mariadei and Mantembu villages. Sites in Manokwari were taken from six districts and 15 villages. Characteristic of farmers and pig keeping systems such as household information, pig population and reproduction, and social technical aspects, were studied. Participatory research using interview and observation was separately done towards 155 pig farmers. Statistical analysis used Duncan multiple comparisons and Chi-square (χ 2 ) were used to analyse the data. Coastal pig farmers are younger than island and lowland pig farmers. They have middle number of experiences compared to island pig farmers. The majority of farmers is men-pig farmers and has adequate household members. It was found that many are not educated and are elementary graduation. Altough their objectives are directed to commercial production system. Coastal pig farmers have higher number of animal population added to this is herd size per household compared to the two other agro-ecological zones. Feeding systems are practised in proper combination, such as feeding ration of physiological ages every day and feeding processing. Natural mating is practised by the majority of pig farmers. Several of pig farmers know the sign of oestrus, gestating and practising procedures of breed selection. Distance to market and distance to town are experienced by lowland pig farmers compared to coastal and island pig farmers. Perception of pig farmers is satisfy and they have lack of extensionist visiting, lack in middlemen visiting and positive social acceptances.Key words: pig farming systems, agro-ecological zones, pig production, West Papua

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“…As mentioned earlier this could be due to the restricted movements and less chances Vietnamese pigs get in their confined system of rearing compared to Sri Lankan pigs get under the free-range management conditions. Though the age at first farrowing was higher in Vietnam pigs (8.4 months) than what was reported for Sri Lankan pigs (6.4 months), Vietnam pigs showed a lower age at farrowing than those reported for other local pigs in the region and elsewhere, for example, Nepal pigs showed 12.3 months and Kenya pigs showed 12.1 months (Wabacha et al, 2004). In contrast to the observation made with regards to the Sri Lankan pigs, mean maturity weight of a female pig (56.2 kg) was slightly higher than that of male pig (53.6 kg) in Vietnam.…”

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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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Health and production measures for smallholder pig production in Kikuyu Division, central Kenya

Cited by 31 publications

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Smallholder Pigs Production Systems in Tanzania

Smallholder Pigs Production Systems in Tanzania

Perbandingkan Karakteristik Berbagai Zona Agroekologi Sistem Peternakan Babi; Studi Kasus Sistem Peternakan Babi di Pulau, Pesisir dan Dataran Rendah di Papua dan Papua Barat

Comparative study of Indigenous pig production in Vietnam and Sri Lanka

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