seanery:


Sounds more like I LOVE Bleep

brain54:
Piggery is very capital intensive to start up.
It is generally considered as a dirty business especially as compared with other type of animal farming.


Generally pork meat is not as widely accepted as others. Poultry or beef for instance. It is actually forbidden by Islam religion and only some Christians accept it also due to religious reasons. So the demand is low compared to beef or chicken.

Also I think to farm pigs commercially it takes a longer period to start breaking even and returns on investment. Not many are willing to take the risk involved in rearing due to the long time frame involved. It’s a long term investment.


Also outbreak of diseases ( swine flu) for instance often discourage prospective farmers. Existing farms also battle with many of these diseases while many are being shut down especially the larger ones.

Lastly lack or absence of information on piggery thereby limiting those that start up or go into piggery as a form of business.

This is not to say it is not a lucrative business however. From my little and humble experience I will say pig farming is one of the most lucrative aspects of agriculture.

mariahAngel:


If it were that common in Nigeria, common Nigerian would've known, don't you think?

TheNiceGuy:
95% ? Are you a traditionalist?

Johnnoo:


The reason is more of the myth that Pig (Pork) is a curse animal.
For me, Pork is the best meat. There is high demand for it around here.

AntiChristian:


On the contrary, Jesus said what makes a man unclean is what emanates from him and not what goes in. Mark 7:20, Matthew 15:11.

So only Muslims forbid it even more than alcohol in some places!

ojex004:
Do you mean ipigs?
Go to Afghaneastern part of Nigeria now. You see them plenty thr with thr dirty hatred mind and dirty environments

NwaNimo1:
Pigs are greedy......to costly to feed. (Ask Buhari!)

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VeryWickedMan:
How can pigs farm their own kind?

dawnomike:
I feel it is due to the fact that a section of the population does not eat it. Thereby cutting down d market size when compared to other animal husbandry.
Secondly, it takes a whole lot of input and effort due to how d environment can be stinking.

The few people that are into it are really cashing out!!!

mariahAngel:
Why is pig rearing not common in Nigeria?
Is it that there are little to no demands for pork meat?

Picture source: Google.

Gerrard59:


That is very true. We need a cheap, easy and consistent flow of fertilisers to cultivate crops. Unless we intend to import crop inputs to feed these animals, which invariably increases the final cost of the product. You have pretty good points.

Apart from chicken, beef and maybe fish (we even import most of fish), we don't farm other kinds of meat more than pork. Pork just has bad publicity or none at all. It was a business I planned to go into it. Still, as a result of the bad publicity, one would have to create awareness so that Nigerians can be comfortable buying bacon and other derivatives of pork as value addition is where the money is in agribusiness.

Those days, I admired Smithfield and the Chinese.

zoedew:

Really!

omonnakoda:
Hmm
I really do not know about bad publicity
The market is huge in Nigeria, the main constraint is a supply issue .
Pork meat is a big deal across the Middle Belt of Nigeria and in the South West . In Jalingo Taraba state, Pork is a really huge thing. Lagos is a leading producer also Oyo State.
I do not agree with the negative publicity theory. If pork meat is affordable people will rush it.
Nigerians that eat snake anyhow
The main problem is know how and expensive inputs.

Gerrard59:


I agree that the main issue is technical know-how and the quality feed input (our maize/soybean production is abysmally low). I think the issue is that Nigerians eat more of just pork than other by-products such as bacon, sausages, hot dogs etc. To generate more revenue, one needs to diversify into producing by-products. Just like crude oil refining into just petroleum rather than including diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel etc.

This is from Smithfield's parent owner: "They produce a wide variety of packaged meats, including smoked and boiled hams, bacon, sausage, hot dogs, deli and luncheon meats, specialty products such as pepperoni, dry meat products, and ready-to-eat, prepared foods such as pre-cooked entrees and pre-cooked bacon and sausage.". http://www.wh-group.com/en/products/smithfield_food.php

Generally, the demand will increase as more Chinese live in Nigeria. Hopefully, their presence will spur value addition as that is where the money is in.

Gerrard59:


Oga, very few Nigerians eat bacon let alone have even seen it. I wager that half of Nigerians even the youths, don't know what bacon is or made of without checking the dictionary.

mariahAngel:
Why is pig rearing not common in Nigeria?
Is it that there are little to no demands for pork meat?

Picture source: Google.

skj1377:
Pigs suffer from swine fever. Which kills them in a week. Imagine your pig farm of over 500 pigs today and Next Week you have zero pigs or in short only the pig pen left. Will you invest heavily in such a business next time?

spindomer:
I invested in Oke Aro pig village but the last swine flu pandemic affected my investment in pig farm .

https://guardian.ng/features/avian-swine-fever-oke-aro-loses-10-farmers-incurs-n12b-losses/

MufasaLion:
It's not peculiar to piggery alone. There are many units/sections of agriculture that could have been invested in and create employment for millions of Nigerians and also generate revenue for the government and citizens.

Sadly, they don't care because they can't make the type of money they embezzle within 4 years from agriculture. So, everyone can't sacrifice his belly for the citizens that elected them.

mariahAngel:
Why is pig rearing not common in Nigeria?
Is it that there are little to no demands for pork meat?

Picture source: Google.

Azularis:
Pigs are unclean animals according to biblical standards!