Category Archives: Pigs

Asia / ILRI / Livestock / Markets / Pigs / Southeast Asia / Value Chains / Vietnam

Vietnam: Taking a pig to market

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The rapid growth in demand for pork in Vietnam represents an opportunity for smallholders to improve their incomes. But limited access to improved breeds, inputs, veterinary services and markets has constrained smallholders from benefiting fully from market opportunities presented by this rising demand. Recent pronouncements on government policy have also favoured the development of larger-scale, … Continue reading →

Livelihoods / Livestock / Netherlands / Pigs / Research

Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory

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SCIENTISTS have grown meat in the laboratory for the first time. Experts in Holland used cells from a live pig to replicate growth in a petri dish. The advent of so-called “in-vitro” or cultured meat could reduce the billions of tons of greenhouse gases emitted each year by farm animals — if people are willing … Continue reading →

Agriculture / Animal Diseases / Genetics / Pigs / Research

First draft of the pig: Researchers sequence swine genome

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A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution. A red-haired Duroc pig from a farm at the University of Illinois will now be among the growing list of domesticated animals that have had their genomes … Continue reading →