Jacobson, Magdalena and Lindberg, Jan Erik and Lundeheim, Nils
(2014).
Urban and Peri-urban pig farming in developing countries, with a focus on the African continent.
SLU-Global report, 2014:4
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Uppsala: SLU Global, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Abstract
The World Health Organisation reports a big deficit in the supply of animal protein in developing countries. Pig production in the tropics has been recommended as a likely solution to this deficiency, which also provides important sources of income (Ajala, 2007; Kagira et al., 2010; Lekule & Kyvsgaard, 2003). Pigs have high reproducibility with early maturation and a short generation interval as well as high feed conversion efficiency and comparatively small space requirements. Therefore, in many countries it is a governmental goal to promote pig production (Ajala, 2007; Kagira et al., 2010; Lekule & Kyvsgaard, 2003; Muhanguzi et al., 2012; Mutua et al., 2010).
Authors/Creators: | Jacobson, Magdalena and Lindberg, Jan Erik and Lundeheim, Nils |
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Title: | Urban and Peri-urban pig farming in developing countries, with a focus on the African continent |
Series Name/Journal: | SLU-Global report |
Year of publishing : | 2014 |
Volume: | 2014:4 |
Page range: | 50-55 |
Number of Pages: | 6 |
Place of Publication: | Uppsala |
Publisher: | SLU Global, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
Language: | English |
Publication Type: | Report chapter |
Article category: | Other scientific |
Full Text Status: | Public |
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 404 Agricultural Biotechnology > Genetics and Breeding |
Keywords: | pig farming, developing countries, Africa |
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3143 |
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3143 |
ID Code: | 12808 |
Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science |
Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Clinical Sciences (VH) > Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management (VH) > Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics |
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector |
Deposited On: | 21 Dec 2015 15:32 |
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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