Mobilizing Pig Resources for Capacity Development and Livelihood Security

Bharati, Jaya; De, Kalyan; Paul, Souvik; Kumar, Satish; Yadav, Ajay; Doley, Juwar; Mohan, N. H.; Das, Bikash

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-93262-6_12

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“…Pig rearing households are staying in close proximity (Sahu & Gupta, 2022) and hence are better managed with feed and veterinary care (Raja et al, 2022). Educated youth have started scientific and commercial pig farming business (RF Roys Farm, 2022) and is compatible and viable with small and marginal farming systems as it can be fed with by-products from crops and household (Gupta et al, 2013;Bharati et al, 2022). The highest income per day in functional units was observed in processing and value addition (Rs.…”

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Economic Performance of Enterprises Promoted under ARYA and Relationship with Entrepreneurial Competencies

Gowda

Rana

Pal

et al. 2023

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Attracting and retaining youth in agriculture (ARYA) is a national programme of Indian Council of Agricultural Research implemented through Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) since 2016-17. The present investigation was carried out in 2021-22 with a total of 684 rural youth, randomly identified from among the functional units under various enterprises. Among the nine major enterprises promoted under ARYA, performance of poultry units were better in terms of operational duration and total turnover per enterprise despite incurring higher expenditure. Nursery enterprises showed the highest net income per unit and also created maximum assets. On the other hand, benefit-cost ratio was higher in piggery enterprises and per day net income was highest in processing and value addition units. More employment generation was recorded in fish and goat farming enterprises. The results indicated that each of the agri business areas have strengths on different parameters. Besides the choice of enterprises that are locally viable, the entrepreneurial competency of the entrepreneurs was essential to sustain the enterprises. Successful entrepreneurship promotion has the possibilities for attracting and retaining youth in rural areas through technology-supported agribusiness development.

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Economic Performance of Enterprises Promoted under ARYA and Relationship with Entrepreneurial Competencies

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Pal

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“… Nath et al (2013 ), comparing the performance of local with crossbred pigs under smallholder production system in Sikkim, reported similar findings. The higher incidence of disease in crossbred pigs might be associated with their slow adaptability to the existing environment ( Bharati et al, 2022 ). Litter size at birth of the crossbred variety was 8.87 ± 0.24, whereas at weaning it was 8.27 ± 0.37, which was significantly higher ( p < 0.05) than the local pigs—results due to the Hampshire inheritance.…”

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Performance of crossbred pigs with indigenous and Hampshire inheritance under a smallholder production system in the Eastern Himalayan hill region

Kadirvel

Devi

Naskar³

et al. 2023

Front. Genet.

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Pig productivity is very low in the Eastern Himalayan hill region due to the poor performance of local pigs. To improve pig productivity, it was decided to develop a crossbred pig of Niang Megha indigenous and Hampshire as an exotic germplasm. The performance of crossbred pigs with different levels of Hampshire and indigenous inheritance—H-50 × NM-50 (HN-50), H-75 × NM-25 (HN-75), and H-87.5 × NM-12.5 (HN-87.5)—was compared for their performance to find a suitable level of genetic inheritance. Among the crossbreds, HN-75 performed better in terms of production, reproduction performance, and adaptability. Inter se mating and selection were carried out on six generations of HN-75 pigs, and genetic gain and trait stability were evaluated and released as a crossbred. These crossbred pigs attained body weights of 77.5–90.7 kg by 10 months of age, with FCR of 4.3:1. Age at puberty was 276.66 ± 2.25 days, and average birth weight was 0.92 ± 0.06 kg. Litter size at birth and weaning were 9.12 ± 0.55 and 8.52 ± 0.81. These pigs have good mothering abilities with a weaning percentage of 89.32 ± 2.52%, good carcass quality, and consumer preference. The lifetime productivity for an average of six farrowings/sow showed a total litter size at birth of 51.83 ± 1.61 and total litter size at weaning of 47.17 ± 2.69. In a smallholder production system, the crossbred pigs showed a better growth rate and a higher litter size at birth and at weaning than average local pigs. Hence, the popularization of this crossbreed would enhance the production, productivity, livelihood, and income of the regionʼs farmers.

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“…Previous studies (Madzimure et al 2013, Thutwa et al 2020, Bharati et al 2022 have shown that indigenous pigs are mostly reared by women. Looking at the favourable attributes of Tswana pigs, efforts must be made to conserve this breed.…”

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Indigenous pig genetic resources: Preliminary documentation of current status and population trend of Tswana pigs in three districts of Botswana

Thutwa¹,

Chabo²,

Kgwatalala³

et al. 2022

Indian J of Anim Sci

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This study aimed to assess the status, population and population trend of Tswana pigs in three districts of Botswana. A survey was conducted for three consecutive years from 2018 to 2020 in three districts to establish the status of indigenous Tswana pigs in the country in terms of their population. The three districts were Kgatleng, Kweneng and South-East. These districts were purposely chosen because they are the ones which have a considerable number of indigenous Tswana pigs. A structured questionnaire was administered to 71 farmers in 2018, 50 farmers in 2019 and 71 farmers in 2020. The population of indigenous Tswana pigs declined over the three years of study. South-East district had the highest number of indigenous pigs and Kweneng district had the least number during the three years of study. Sows and gilts were more than boars. The average herd size ranged from 3.5 to 20 over the three years. According to risk status classification by FAO, the status of indigenous Tswana breed in the southern districts of Botswana is ‘endangered’ and the estimated population growth rate is less than one. There is a strong positive and significant difference between the total number of pigs and the number of female pigs. The regression analysis indicated a positive impact of adult female pig numbers on the total number of Tswana pigs.

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Mobilizing Pig Resources for Capacity Development and Livelihood Security

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References 31 publications

Economic Performance of Enterprises Promoted under ARYA and Relationship with Entrepreneurial Competencies

Economic Performance of Enterprises Promoted under ARYA and Relationship with Entrepreneurial Competencies

Performance of crossbred pigs with indigenous and Hampshire inheritance under a smallholder production system in the Eastern Himalayan hill region

Indigenous pig genetic resources: Preliminary documentation of current status and population trend of Tswana pigs in three districts of Botswana

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