Constraints faced by Pig Farmers in Different Agro-climatic Zones of Kerala
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Authors
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Pooja, U
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Balusami, S.
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S.Senthilkumaran
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John Abraham
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Sabin George
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K.Pramod
Keywords:
Pig farming, Constraints, KeralaAbstract
This study identified the constraints faced by the pig farmers in Kerala across various zones, viz., North, South, Central, High Altitude, and Special Zone of Problematic Areas (SZPA). Data collected through observations, discussions, interviews, and structured questionnaires revealed many constraints. The constraints included technical constraints such as outdated farming techniques and disease management, inadequate government support, economic constraints such as high feed costs, social constraints such as cultural attitudes, labour availability, and marketing issues like less viable marketing channels and fluctuating prices. Notably, 94.45% of farmers reported a lack of marketing channels and of good-quality breeding stock, and the unavailability of swill feed, particularly in the SZPA Zone.
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