Year: 2021 | Month: September | Volume 66 | Issue 3
Pig Farming in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya: An Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency
Richu Mathew Sunil
Ram Singh
L. Hemochandra
P.M.N Rani
N. Anandkumar Singh
Sumithra Sivasankaran
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.3.2021.24
Abstract:
Highlights
- The efficiency of the various resource used in pig farming in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya was studied.
- The resources selected for the study were found to explain 85 percent of the total variation in the returns per pig.
- One percent increase in the price of piglet and concentrated feed may lead to an increase of 0.014 and 0.025 percent increase in the returns per pig of the pig farmers.
- The study showed the need to set up improved pig breeding and fattening units.
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