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We do not sell Tilapia Fry.
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Location: Agbado Station Lagos

Those who don’t like pig needs to be educated on the advantages of promoting pig production for the local and international markets in altorder to enhance its contribution to the Nigerian economy.”

animal science and health management experts like Professor Istifanus Dafwang and Professor Placid Njoku have shed more light on some of the factors affecting pig production and consumption in the country, saying if such constraints were removed, pig production apart from enhancing the economy would also help Nigerians to have access to cheap, good meat thereby increasing their protein consumption.

The experts also enumerated some constraints to pig production in the country, just as they reeled off some prospects or advantages/benefits of engaging in pig farming.

Some of the enumerated constraints and fortunes of pig farming are highlighted below:
•Religious opposition to pig production and consumption — Nigeria has a large population of Muslims who constitute the majority in most states of the North-West and North-East zones. Also, with the growth of islamic fundamentalism, opposition to pig is very significant and sometimes finds its way into policy decisions at state and federal levels” Prof. Dafwang stated.

The solution to this constraint as explained by Professor Dafwang of the National Agricultural Extension and Rural Liaison Services, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, is for the state Ministries of Agriculture to educate the public the need to promote pig production for those who consume it in order to reduce the pressure on other meat sources and in essence, make these available at cheaper rate to non-pork consumers.

•Marketing — At present, live animal sales constitute the primary marketing channel for the disposal of pigs its producers. The present conditions for transportation, handling and selling of pigs as explained by the don, are subject to many problems which compromise animal welfare and public health considerations.

The mind boggling problems associated with inter-state transportation of pigs and other live animals are and would require the cooperation of relevant agencies of government at all levels, that is, the multiplicity of road marshals and other security agencies that man Nigerian roads, the livestock industry professionals, marketers and transporters to proffer a lasting solution.

“In his words, there are 10 problems identified by me and other experts, but the top five were lack of capital, high cost of transportation, lack of standardisation, lack of functional abattoirs and lack of storage facilities. All these have to do with the need to provide adequate market infrastructural facilities,” Professor Dafwang emphasised.

•Disease outbreaks and effects of African Swine Fever (ASF) — The African Swine Fever (ASF), caused by a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) virus belongs to the Asfarviridae family, and it is a highly contagious viral disease of domesticated pigs, which is often characterised by widespread haemorrhages and very high mortality.

While pigs are affected by many diseases, ASF stands out as the most devastating in the country.

The other disease that had significantly affected the Nigerian pig industry is anthrax, and this disease was responsible for wiping out the Nigerian breed of pigs developed by Professor Adebambo at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Oyo State in 1993.

Other constraints to pig production and consumption as enumerated by Professors Dafwang and Placid Njoku were lack of technical assistance and inaccessibility of pig farmers to credit facilities.

These two constraints constitute the major farm level problems of the farmer at the farmland. This is not surprising because pig production technology was an introduction of the agricultural extension service. Extension workers train farmers in the technical aspects of production management and offer advisory services in addition to facilitating farmers’ access to improved inputs”.

Technical assistance, the don explained is also critical for meeting the other needs for ensuring on improvement in housing and sanitation, buying of feed ingredients and facilitation of access to credit,” he stated.

•Prospects of pig production — The unbeatable prolific fecundity of the pig and its ability to subsist on a very wide range of feed resources including crop residues, kitchen wastes, and agro-industrial by-products, which have limited alternatives uses are factors of comparative advantage which can be tapped to increase the supply of pig meat (pork).

An abundance of pork, the don further emphasised, will naturally reduce the pressure on beef and other meat products and so the Nigerian economy as a whole will be the greatest benefactor of any policy that will lead to the expansion of pig production and marketing.

Other advantages that distinguished pigs from other meat producing animals as enumerated by the don include;
•Higher carcass yield of 70 per cent compared to that of between 50 and 55 per cent for ruminants. In addition, Pig carcasses have a higher proportion of edible meat.

•Pig meat is easier to dress, more tender and has superior curing qualities, an obvious advantage for the production of value-added products.

•The pig has a very large caecum, which facilitates post intestinal digestion, the droppings of pigs is also rich in nutrients and so can be used as a good source of fertiliser for crop production.

“It is therefore not surprising that 95 per cent of farmers found pig production to be a profitable venture and it will continue to be so if farmers are given a policy environment that will minimise the problems highlighted,” the don further posited.

Furthermore, Professor Dafwang asserted that the higher feed efficiency and carcass yield of pigs have made pork to be 25 to 200 per cent cheaper than beef and goat meat all over the country. He also advocated for public education and enlightenment on the nutritional advantages of pork to Nigerians and how pig farming can bring good income for farmers, stressing that the pig industry in Nigeria would continue to grow with the demand for pork and the outstanding biological traits of the pig which confers upon it comparative advantage over other farm animals for meat production.

“Those who don’t like pig need to be educated on the advantages of promoting pig production for the local and international markets in order to enhance its contribution to the Nigerian economy. Most people are not aware that since pork is cheaper than beef, encouraging pork production and consumption will reduce the pressure on the demand for beef, leading to making beef more available and even at lower cost.”

Moreover, the don said the problem militating against increasing pig production can best be addressed by government, if government put in place policies that will facilitate a close interaction between pig farmers, private sector, initiatives and marketers in order to sustain and expand the industry.

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