Production strategies for coping with the demand and supply of pork in some peri-urban areas of Southwestern Nigeria

摘要

Theprimaryobjectiveofthisstudywastoidentifyproductionstrategiesemployedbypigfarmersinsomeperi-urbanareasofsouthwesternNigeria(Lagosanditsenvirons)tocopewithproductionconstraintsandsoaringdemandforpork.?Sixtypigfarmerswererandomlyselectedandinterviewedwiththeaidofstructuredquestionnaires.?Inaddition,participatoryRuralAppraisalTechniqueswereemployedtoprovokeresponsesinordertoascertainstrategiesusedtoaddressperi-urbanproductionandmarketingconstraintsinLagosanditsenviron.?nbsp;Theresultindicatedthat70%ofthepigfarmersownedlessthan100headsofpigs.?Controlledbreedingmethodswereadoptedbyfarmerswhichenabledthemtodeterminetheprecisetimetoweanpigletsorre-bredsows.?Individuallymixedfeedseemedtobepreferredtocommercialpigfeed,since87%ofthefarmersdidnothavedesirabilityforproprietarypigfeed.?Perhapsthisisanindicationofagloomyfutureforcommercialpig-feedmarketinthestudyarea.?However,regularityofsecuringfeedingredientsfromagro-industriesorthelocalmarketmaybeaconstrainttocontendwith.??nbsp;Thepracticeofdisposingoffpigsat50-70kgliveweightanduseofself-madefeedarestrategiesamongothersforkeepingfeedingcostsatacompetitivelevel.?Theseeffortsseemtohaveassistedthefarmerstocopewiththeperi-urbanpigproductionandmarketingconstraintsinLagosnbsp;