Pork production hampered by lack of abattoir

The growth of the pig industry in the central region of Namibia is hampered mainly because of the lack of a pig abattoir.

This is one of the issues that was discussed during the members' meeting and information day of the Pig Producers' Association which took place during mid-month.

According to the Namibia Agricultural Union there was a lot of interest in the information day, especially from emerging producers. Dr Albert Schutte of the Pig Improvement Company (PIC) stimulated the interest of pig farmers with his speech about the potential of pig production “Feed the world: a long term approach”.

PIC is the world leader in the breeding of pigs. The genetic progress which is made with pigs and especially with regard to the effectiveness in feed turnover relationship and meat production per sow, is enormous. His second speech was about the management of sows with the key on increased throughput of piglets.

During the meeting a new management was elected with Gideon Goosen as chairman and William Bosch as his deputy.

It is the task of the new management to address the lack of a pig abattoir in the central Namibia.







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