(News of the South) – Harare – The Pig Industry Board (PIB) has recorded an increase in production during the first eight months of the year an official has said.
Increase of production was due to the decrease of mortality rate for the past few months.
PIB Deputy Director in Zimbabwe Andrew Shonhiwa attributed the decrease to the increased warmth through the heat generated by the bio gas digester which is producing energy from pig waste.
“For the first eight months of the year, the average for our Bulawayo station in Matebeleland province was 9 per cent for the pre-weaning mortality and one per cent for the post weaning mortality,” Shonhiwa said.
At the Arcturus station 34km from the capital on average they were looking at around 13 per cent for the pre weaning mortality against 15 per cent recorded last year and five per cent for the post weaning mortality against 10 per cent in 2013.
“This is an improvement on our herd and gives an indication of productivity,” he said.
However liquidity still remains a challenge in the economy since at their stations they had a total population of 3286 pigs of which 286 of them were breeding at both stations.
Actual demand for pork has declined and this results in wholesalers discounting prices in a bid to increase demand.
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