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1Background
Pigfarmingisacomplementaryalternativeor
additional for obtaining income from the various
families at the national level and this is carried out
generally based on a diet with
organic waste or unbalanced diets
adequately, becoming a health problem
public, as it is not carried out according to quality standards
recommended for use, and above all, by
to grow up clandestinely in landfils. This worsens
when pigs are fed based on a
waste.
Anotablecharacteristicofthesebreeders,andthatistheir
the main problem is the low productive level of its
child-rearing,whichaffectslowincomes,andpoorquality
of life and in a constant source of contagion of
diseases.
The causes of this low productive level are, apart from the
type of feeding, the inadequate technical management of
livestock, poor sanitation, both in prevention and
in the treatment of pig livestock, low quality
geneticsofcattle,practicalabsenceoffacilities.
All these factors lead to a low level
productive, to a low-quality product, both due to the
highfatcontentofthemeat,suchasameatwith
little muscle mass, low income and therefore with
marketingproblems.
According to the 1994 Census, there are about in Peru.
2,787,533headsofpiglivestock,ofwhichapproximately
of 250,000 belong a the farms pigs
technified. Lima is the department with the highest
pig population with around 350,000 heads and of
about200,00headsbelongtothe
technifiedfarms.
Huaral is the headquarters of one of the main genetic companies.
existing in the country, PECHISA, and also from the farm
multiplier of the PIC line, belonging to the group
Ikeda(SanFernando).Thisprovincealsohouses,
the most important commercial pig farms, such as
Yonesawa, Agriculture Wong, Farm Aucallama,
CICOPSA,etc.
Thisisaddedtothedeficiencyinmarketingthat
it is a bottleneck for the producer, as the low
prices for pork paid to the producer, no
they cover the high costs involved in their production. If to
Here we add the variable character of behavior of
prices and consumer distrust towards the
pork,thentheoutlookismorebleak.
In addition, the small pig farmer, due to the volume of
production,cannotcompetewithlargecompanies,
those with a high production volume reduce
costs,whicharefacilitatedbytechnicalresources
with those they have, including that they have a
qualified personnel for this activity, as long as the
the creator has a significant deficit in terms of their training
technique.Wemustaddtothistheiridiosyncrasy.
Small pig producers from the province of
Huaral, they have units with low productivity,
product of the lack of technological resources, such as
inadequate management, low genetic quality, poor
facilities, incorrect sanitary management and feeding
deficient, reason why the Production Module
Porcine of EPMVZ-UNJBG wil serve as a source of
animalswithgoodgeneticbackground,aswellasacenterof
training and extension for pig breeders
thelocality.