APM 2206 Swine Production, Value Addition & Marketing

This course introduces the pig production industry, enabling the student to be a commercial pig farmer or an accomplished adviser to the pig farming communities.

Course objective

• To train the students in the various pig rearing systems.
• To equip students with skills in assessment of swine production systems and problems.
• To train students in swine value addition  and marketing.
• To train students on assessement of pig industry performance 
• To train students on economics of pig farming 

Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student should be able to:

• Know the global and regional trends in the pig industry
• Appreciate special aspects pig husbandry practices such as  housing ,  nutrition and disease control
• Set up a pig farm and manage  a pig farm
• Know the economics of pig farming
• Be able to evaluate the performance of pig farm