By Margery Poitras | Development Associate
The Pig Farming program was even more successful in 2022 because of increased interest in livestock as market demand strengthened and selling prices rose, despite limitations and challenges in agricultural investment and access to resources from outside villages, as a result of the military coup.
Nonetheless, most farmers benefit significantly from the pig farming project due to the development of farmer-friendly business plans, the advantages of mixed breeding and fattening types, and pig farmers' compliance with the systematic breeding method.
Pig farmer committees are very powerful in most villages; they organize the group and provide basic medical care and peer support. When the project staff's supervision is limited due to security concerns following the coup, the organizational skills of the pig farm committees become critical. Thus far, they have gone above and beyond expectations and continue to make our pig farming program so successful in truly impacting families' livelihoods.
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