20090515_958394577_8.lee willingham - improved smallholder pig production
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Securing Rural Livelihoods through
Improved Smallholder Pig Production inEastern and Southern Africa
A. Lee Willingham, Maria V. Johansen, Stig Thamsborg
Section for Parasitology, Health and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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The Cysticercosis Working Group for Eastern and Southern Africa
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The pig population in Africa increased 284%during the 20 year period 19801999 - far more
than for any other livestock species during thattime period and the trend continues.
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Increasing popularity of pigs in ESA.Pigs are prolific!
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PIG DISTRIBUTION IN AFRICAPIG DISTRIBUTION IN AFRICA
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< 20,000
20,000 - 100,000
100,000 - 500,000
500,000 - 1 mill ion
1 - 5 million
> 5 million
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Trend in pig population growth for individual Eastern and
Southern Africa countries from 1961-2000 (FAO, 2001)
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Pigs (x 1000)
1961
1980
2000
Now estimate more than 1.7 million pigs in Uganda!
Unofficial estimates of > 1.6 million pigs in Mozambique.
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Farmers report serious obstacles toproducing and marketing their pigs
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Free-ranging most popular way of raising pigs
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Iringa
Chunya
Songea
Mbulu
Mgeta
Main pig
rearing areasof Tanzania
No evidence cysticercosis endemic
Cysticercosis endemic
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Consequences of
obstacles to raising
and marketing pigs
Reduced household income
Loss of important protein sourceReduction in tradeStigmatisationIncapacitation - lowered productivity
Public health costs
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Clandestine livestock market indowntown Lusaka more than 20%of pigs infected with Taenia solium!
Eastern and
Southern Africa ingeneral:
Lack of officialslaughtering facilities forpigs
Lack of official porkinspection and control
Inadequate porkinspection guidelines
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Great need to have a better understanding of pig
rearing practices in ESA in order to improve them
Conduct a review of pig demography
How many pigs are there really in ESA?
Where are they?
What is their density?
Describe the pig management/marketing systems
being practised
Describe other relevant issues related to pigs andpork
Training courses/training centers
National pork inspection and control guidelines
Slaughtering facilities
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DANIDA-funded pilot study on improving smallholder
pig health and production in Mozambique Conducted in two districts (one in north; one in south) over a period of
eighteen months Objectives:
collect information about pig management and pig health in the family farmingsector
assist the participating farmers to identify problems and to find practicalsolutions to the problems
Participatory workshops and field visits with farmers and extension
officers, during which the farmers were able to put forward theirsuggestions for improving their farming operations Regional stakeholders workshop in Maputo
research and development priorities were identified opportunities for regional cooperation were discussed
Major constraints for pig production: African Swine Fever Cysticercosis Nutrition
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Project proposal: Securing rural Livelihoods throughImproved smallholder Pig Production in
Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP) Submitted to DANIDA with Tanzania and Mozambique partners in
Feb 2009 for three years support under a call on food security
Goal: develop and assess evidence-based, safe, humane andprofitable smallholder pig production model systems, using locallyavailable resources, involving private entrepreneurs to supply
tools, and providing training and education from farm to universitylevel
Immediate objectives:
Key solutions to improved pig productivity, health, welfare, andproduct safety developed and assessed for effectiveness, efficacy,appropriateness and acceptability among smallholder pig farmers
Capacity built to support sustainable development of safe, humaneand profitable smallholder pig production
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Project proposal: Securing rural Livelihoods throughImproved smallholder Pig Production in
Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP)
Hypothesis is that the key to a high level of food
security in this sector is:
1. Effective and efficient, safe and humane pig production throughappropriate management and disease control, mainly aimed at African
Swine Fever and Porcine Cysticercosis
2. Provision of slaughter facilities and appropriate meat inspection andhandling of condemned carcasses
3.An effective marketing and retail system, e.g. transport, and cooling
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Project proposal: Securing rural Livelihoods throughImproved smallholder Pig Production in
Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP)Work package 1. Smallholder pig production model systems (2 MSc)
Expected outputs:
1.1. Smallholder pig production model systems developed and approved bycommunities.
Work package 2. Assessment of intervention models (3 PhD + 3
MSc)Expected output:
2.1. Effectiveness and efficacy of community approved smallholder pig productionsystems assessed.
2.2. Effectiveness and efficacy of specific control and prevention measures for pig
diseases with emphasis on cysticercosis, other parasitic diseases and African SwineFever assessed.
2.3. Impact of improved pig production systems on farmers livelihoods evaluated.
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Project proposal: Securing rural Livelihoods throughImproved smallholder Pig Production in
Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP)Work packages 3. Training and technology transfer
Outputs:
3.1. Opportunities for development of technologies and products needed forpromoting safe, humane, profitable, and acceptable small scale pig productionidentified.
3.2. Capacity built to locally support smallholder pig farmers, farmadvisors/extension officers, meat inspectors and veterinarians on pig production,
health, welfare and product safety.3.3. Capacity strengthened to conduct research on pig production and health atpartner institutions.
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SLIPP, if funded, will be helpful for providing
further information concerning pig productionsystems in ESA.
What is needed is a major regional initiativeon understanding and improving smallholderpig systems in subSaharan Africa.
Multilateral/Bilateral Donor Agencies andInternational Foundations/Organisationsshould consider this issue for futureinvestment for livestock developmentassistance in Africa!
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Thanks foryour
attention!
Mange tak!