Potential of Piggery Towards Increasing Farmer’s Income and Achieving SDGs

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Relevant SDG

Areas that need attention to achieve the SDG

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SDG 1- No poverty

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SDG 2 – Zero Hunger

1. Promotion of piggery-based entrepreneurships at village level and the support thereof.
2. Ensuring that the crossbred/ improved germplasm goes to the correct hands, where provisions for better feeding and management options are available.
3. Creating a “Corpus fund for insurance of piggery sector” [effective mechanism for fast settlement of claims].
4. Improving veterinary service delivery system – Affordable and quality veterinary service at the farmer’s door step.

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SDG 3 – Good Health and Well Being

1. Strengthening the disease monitoring, diagnostic and reporting systems of Veterinary Departments, which in turn facilitate the health certification process required for exports.
2. Bringing pig vaccinations under ‘compulsory vaccination’ schemes as in the lines of dairy sector, which will also facilitate in establishing designated Disease-Free Zones (DFZ) for animal sourcing [In-turn facilitates exports].
3. Enhancing the monitoring on pig transport through the borders with respect to disease transmittance and outbreaks.
4. Improving bio-security measures in the farms – proactive steps are essential to prevent the entry of ASF, PRRS etc.
5. Increasing the capacity of vaccine production centres to meet the country’s requirement. Option for new units can also explore.

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SDG 4 – Quality Education

1. Let us understand the commercial pig production – need to provide exposure visits for the stakeholders to those countries where it is present.
2. Effective skill development mechanism needs to be enforced in the area of scientific pig production, pen side disease diagnosis, hygienic pig slaughter and value addition of pork.

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SDG 5 – Gender Equality

1. Effective mechanism to be implemented to ensure selection of women beneficiaries’ w.r.t. pig germplasm distribution or skill development programme.

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SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation

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SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy

1. Promotion schemes for mechanization in piggery sector, say it in production or processing.
2. Development of SOPs and water and carbon foot prints in complete piggery value chain [ICAR-NRCP could offer technical support].
3. Implementation of schemes to ensure efficient waste disposal from the farms. Most of the cases, the wash remains in the premises and result in flaring of mosquitoes and flies. It also results in bad smell and incidence of Japanese Encephalitis, too.

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SDG 8 – Decent work and Economic Growth

1. Strict laws need to be enforced to prevent the scavenging system of pig rearing. It will help to improve the image of piggery in the society as well as help to reduce the incidence of Neuro-cysticercosis in consumers.
2. Implementation of new schemes to promote value chain completion at the site of production. Such measures will support the economic growth in the production sites.

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SDG 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure

1. Development of micro-entrepreneurship in the clusters – This model is for completion of value chain within the cluster itself.

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SDG 10 – Reduced In-equalities

1. Implement mechanism to ensure cohesive participation of all stakeholders associated with piggery sector.

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SDG 11 – Sustainable cities and communities

1. Implement effective mechanism to demarcate the pig production and processing areas in the municipal/city areas.
2. Enforcement of FSS Act to prevent unauthorized/ clandestine pig slaughter and retailing to ensure supply of quality pork to the consumers.
3. Implement risk assessment and monitoring system with respect to the risk factors associated with production and marketing of pork viz. residues, antibiotics, growth hormones etc.

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SDG 12 – Sustainable consumption and production

1. Promoting “Integrated pig production” [integrating with fishery, paddy etc.]
2. Focus on Traceability: Efforts need to make to ensure ‘premise identification’ and ‘group/lot identification’ for ensuring traceability.
3. Establishing “Liquid Boar Semen processing labs” at multiple points to promote Artificial Insemination and planned breed improvement.
4. Focus on producing protein rich grasses (e.g. Berseem, leucerne) as an alternate pig feed. Pig can very well digest grass as it is omnivorous in nature. Explore the options of effectively using jackfruit, tapioca and sweet potato [utilization of unconventional feed resources].
5. Ensure convergence of departmental schemes/ activities to avoid duplication and effective implementation.

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SDG 13 – Climate Action

1.      Implementation of schemes to promote “Climate resilient pig housing”.

2.      Focus on effective “Disaster management of pigs”, especially during flood period.

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SDG 14 – Life Below Water

1. Promotional schemes for piggery-fishery- paddy integration.

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SDG 15 – Life on Land

1.      Implementation of schemes to utilize the barren land/ river bank as fodder production units, which will in turn provide quality feed to pig as well as become a means to prevent soil erosion.

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SDG 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions

1.      Ensure cohesive action among the institutions associated with piggery sector, as outlined under sl.no.8.

2.      Also, promote capacity building of professionals, institutions and stakeholders associated with piggery sector.

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SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals

1.      Shift the developmental focus to ‘cluster oriented’ approaches, whereby the state will be able to develop a comprehensive database for particular cluster (Private pig breeding farms in the lines of poultry).

2.      Establish “Strategic co-operation with northern states” for making raw material for pig feed available in the state at affordable price.