Effective pig farming model applying VietGap

(Baonghean.vn) In recent years, the livestock situation in Nghe An province in general and Hung Nguyen district in particular has had many positive changes. However, besides that, the development of the livestock industry is causing negative impacts on the environment.

Currently, most households do not have livestock waste treatment systems. This wastewater contains many organic compounds, viruses, bacteria, and worm eggs, affecting the soil, water, and air environments. These waste sources are at risk of becoming the direct cause of disease outbreaks in livestock.

Biosafety pig farming and VietGap application is the process of organizing and implementing safe farming from the stage of choosing location, designing barns, farming techniques, disease prevention and treatment techniques... to ensure that pigs are raised to meet requirements on quality, food safety and hygiene, ensuring social welfare, health of producers and consumers, environmental protection, and clear product origin.

Biosafety pig farming model and VietGap application at Mr. Vo Ngoc Minh's household, hamlet 1, Hung Tan commune, Hung Nguyen district.

In 2011, with financial support from the National Department of Agricultural and Fisheries Extension, the Provincial Agricultural and Fisheries Extension Center organized a biosafety pig farming model and applied VietGap in 2 communes of Hung Chau and Hung Tan, Hung Nguyen district with a scale of 120 pigs, with 12 participating households (each commune has 6 households, each household raises 10 pigs). The households selected to do the model had barns designed according to technical standards on biosafety farm conditions such as: far from traffic roads, residential areas, industrial zones, offices, schools, hospitals and other livestock areas, at the end and far from domestic water sources...; had experience in raising pigs; enthusiastic and hard-working. On August 8, 2011, the District Agricultural and Fisheries Extension Station provided pig breeds to the households. This is a F1 hybrid pig, imported from farms of companies and enterprises that have been granted a certificate by the State to produce safe breeding sources to limit the risk of disease transmission and have been vaccinated against diseases such as anthrax, cholera, and paratyphoid. On September 9, 2011, feed was provided to households. Before that, farmers were trained on biosafety pig farming techniques. Households participating in the model were supported by the State with 100% of breeding pigs, 30% of feed, and the rest was contributed by the people.

Mr. Vo Ngoc Minh, hamlet 1, Hung Tan commune, said: During the implementation of the model, his family strictly followed the technical process instructed by the technical staff, so his family's pigs developed well, with an average weight gain of 25-30kg/pig/month, feed consumption of 175kg/pig, after 3 months of raising, the average weight reached 100-105kg/pig, the selling price was 55,000 VND/kg. Net profit reached 1,200,000 VND - 1,500,000 VND/pig. In 3 months, his family earned a profit of 12,000,000 - 15,000,000 VND from the pigs. Thus, on average, his family earned about 4-5 million VND per month from the pig farming model.

After 3 months of implementation, the model pigs of the 2 communes all gained weight well and no disease occurred. The survival rate was 100%. The average weight reached 100kg/pig. After deducting costs for breeds, feed, veterinary medicine, and asset depreciation, the profit for the entire biosafety pig farming model and applying VietGap was: 178,800,000 VND.

Products of the biosafety pig farming model and the application of VietGap are clean products, safe for consumers, and need to be widely replicated to provide the market with safe meat products, ensuring the health of consumers.

Nguyen Thi Duyen