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Urban and Peri-urban pig farming in developing countries, with a focus on the African continent

Jacobson, Magdalena; Lindberg, Jan Erik; Lundeheim, Nils

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).

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SLU-Global Report
2014, Volume: 2014, number: 4, pages: 50-55