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

Sammanfattning

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).

Publicerad i

SLU-Global Report
2014, volym: 2014, nummer: 4, sidor: 50-55

SLU författare

• Jacobson, Magdalena

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Lindberg, Jan Erik

  • Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Lundeheim, Nils

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Genetik och förädling inom lantbruksvetenskap

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