SUCCESS STORIES

Adoption in pig rearing practices (Other livestock)

Background :
            Mr.S. Thiyagaran, Servampatty of Namakkal district is a marginal farmer, interested in piggery and approached our KVK for advisory services in piggery rearing techniques. After acquiring knowledge in rearing white pigs he established a small farm (45 pigs) and started rearing White piglets.

Interventions :
            Scientific management of practices has been taught by KVK.
1. Detoothing
2. Iron injection
3. Vaccination.
            He was also advised to procure weaned piglets and sell the same after 5 months for meat purpose.

Process :
            Presently, he had sold 150 numbers of piglets to the local market. He mainly concentrates on procuring young weaned piglets for fattening and selling the adults at 7-8 months of age.

Technology :
            Swill and concentrate feeding for weaned piglets supplemented with vitamin and mineral mixtures.

Impact :
            He is getting Rs. 4,000/pig in five months. His farm acts as a model unit for the new pig entrepreneurs.

Horizontal spread:
            His farm acts a model farm to the neighboring youth and also a farmer demo farm, in which trainees are advices to visit the farm and adopt the same.

Employment generation:
            It has generated employment for his family and other farmers too.

Source:

Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Veterinery College and Research Institute Campus
Tamil Nadu Veterinery and Animal Sciences University
Namakka - 637 002.