Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Brijesh Nanda, Sunil Rajoria, Sanjita Sharma and Rohit Meena

Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to look into the social standing and husbandry practices of pig farmers in Rajasthan's Jaipur and Alwar districts, where 20 unorganized farms and 10 organized farms were considered. Pig population and production trends in India and around the world found that although global trends showed an increase from 830.37 million to 969.89 million, India's pig population had a steady dropping tendency from 13.29 million in 1997 to 10.29 million in 2012. Regarding socio-personal variables, the present study showed that the majority of respondents (75%) in the organized sector were middle-aged and had graduate degrees (80%), whereas the majority of respondents (65%) in the unorganized sector were middle-aged and illiterate (65 percent). Regarding housing practises, respondents' housing systems were either semi-intensive with a flat roof in unstructured farms (100%) or intense (65%) in organized farms with a single slope roof (100 percent). In concerns of feeding practises, respondents in organized farms followed the stall feeding technique (100%) whereas those in unstructured farms (72.5%) followed the scavenging feeding practice. Regarding breeding procedures, 100% of respondents from organized farms indicated that their animals were crossbred and that they had two litters per year, but only 92.5 percent of the respondents from unorganized farms reported having two litters per year. Regarding healthcare practises, gastroenteritis was the most common disease reported by (45%) respondents in organized farms, where deworming was infrequently conducted by (80%) respondents, whereas gastroenteritis was the most common disease reported by (77.5%) respondents in unorganized farms, where deworming was never conducted. The market weight of 100 kg was reported by (75%) respondents of organized farms, the market age of 10–12 months by (80%) respondents at the very most, and pigs were mainly marketed in North Eastern regions of India (55%). In contrast, the market weight of 50–60 kg and the market age of 5-7 months were reported by (100%) respondents of unorganized farms, and the main marketing area was local market.