Overview of Piggery in North-East India

Pig production, among other species, has a high potential to contribute to high economic gain. This is because of two folds: First the pigs have high fecundity, high feed conversion efficiency, early maturing, short generation interval, and relatively small space requirement.

Secondly by-products like pig dung as manure and bristle for the brush industry. It is produced under various production systems ranging from simple backyard pigs, to pigs living on garbage be its family-operated farms or large-scale integrated pig industries with sophisticated bio- safety measures.