Herd dynamics reflect constraints for pig production and farmer attitudes in smallholder systems in Lao PDR

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.coverage.countryLaosen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2LAen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierTassilo Tiemann: 0000-0003-0478-0270en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1071/an16730en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1836-0939en_US
cg.issue11en_US
cg.journalAnimal Production Scienceen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ciatTROPICAL FORAGESen_US
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen_US
cg.volume58en_US
dc.contributor.authorTiemann, Tassilo T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPhengvilaysouk, Ammalyen_US
dc.contributor.authorKeonouchanh, Soukanhen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-08T15:27:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-11-08T15:27:31Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/97892en_US
dc.titleHerd dynamics reflect constraints for pig production and farmer attitudes in smallholder systems in Lao PDRen_US
dcterms.abstractA field intervention and 17 months’ monitoring of pig herd dynamics in seven villages in Northern Laos was conducted. The collected data show for the first time herd dynamics based on quantitative data. They show that dynamics follow a regular cyclic pattern based on the general farm management approach applied by farmers, which lacks a specific pig management focus. Interventions aimed at improving animal management and nutrition were far less successful than envisioned but revealed major conflicts in perception between implementers and farmers. Farmers did not shift their focus to pig production as major income-generating activity as envisioned by implementers. Nevertheless, despite only partially improved systems, farrowing and animal growth rates were increased among committed farmers, whereas death rates have decreased. However, our quantitative data show a significant number of constraints reflected in the way how animals enter, pass through and leave smallholder production systems. Disease and disease prevention, as well as animal feeding are the two dominant hindrances to improved production. Both these obstacles are rather related to a lack of focus on animal production and therefore animal requirements than to an inherent lack of understanding. To increase interest though, poor income opportunities due to lacking market opportunities will have to be tackled. However, even with an incomplete transition from a traditional to an improved system, overall production increased by 600% in committed farmers with an about equivalent increase in income from this activity, showing that current systems leave massive scope for improvement if perceptions and other external obstacles such as access to inputs and markets can be overcome.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTiemann, Tassilo T.; Phengvilaysouk, Ammaly; Keonouchanh, Soukanh. (2018). Herd dynamics reflect constraints for pig production and farmer attitudes in smallholder systems in Lao PDR. Animal Production Science, 58: 2158-2166.en_US
dcterms.extent58: 2158-2166en_US
dcterms.issued2018en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCSIRO Publishingen_US
dcterms.subjectfeed cropsen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal husbandryen_US
dcterms.subjectganaderíaen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen_US
dcterms.subjectproducción animalen_US
dcterms.subjectpopulation dynamicsen_US
dcterms.subjectdinámica de poblacionesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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