ASSESSMENT OF NATIVE PIG PRODUCTION IN WESTERN PANGASINAN, PHILIPPINES

Abstract

Pig industry in the Philippines is continuously increasing because of the market potential as additional income for ordinary farmers. Backyard raising operation of pig is predominantly in most of the areas particularly in the rural like the western part of Pangasinan, Philippines. The primary objective of this paper is to assess and document the production and management practice, quantify all costs and margins associated with native pig production of backyard native pig raisers in two selected barangays of Infanta, Pangasinan. The study made use of descriptive survey method. The primary data were obtained through the use of some part of the questionnaires. A total of 30 respondents comprising of 100 percent native pig raisers in the two barangays were selected. The result shows that the majority of native pig raisers in both barangays are full-time housewives, most of their native pig was tethered/tied under the tree. The common feeding management practiced by the respondents in two Barangays is wet feeding, rice bran combined with water. For additional feedstuff they provide kangkong and  ipil-ipil twice a day. The average litter per sow in Barangay Pita is 8 and 7 in Barangay Babuyan. The marketing system in two Barangays is wholesale. The average price for the fattener 7-8 months weanling to market is 2,500- 3,500. The buyers of their native pigs are mostly come from Pangasinan and Zambales.