| Abstrakt: |
For years, farmers in rural Cambodia have practiced small-scale pig farming mainly with family-based production. However, in recent years, there has been an increasing inflow of imported pigs grown with a lower production cost in neighboring countries. In addition, the share of products from domestic large-scale pig farming using commercial production systems has been increasing. This situation has led to price fluctuations in Cambodia's highly competitive pig and pork meat market, which affect family-based small-scale pig farming in rural areas. This study aimed to identify various management styles of small-scale pig farming and analyze their business status to discuss the profitable management styles under low sale price conditions. To grasp the pig farming styles, key informant interviews were conducted with government officers, middlemen, and pig farmers in the Treang and Tramkak districts of Takeo Province and in urban markets of Phnom Penh. The economic statuses of pig farming were clarified by interviewing the pig farmers and observing their rearing practices in the same areas to compare the profitability of different management styles. As a result, three pig farming styles were identified: fattening, breeding, and both. On the other hand, some farmers fed their pigs mainly with rice liquor residues with compound feeds, while some did not use rice liquor residues at all but mainly compound feeds. The comparative analysis of their economic statuses clarified that combining the fattening and breeding operations and feeding the pigs with both compound feeds and rice liquor residues effectively decreased the production costs and yielded comparatively high profits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
