Pig farming
Pig farming in Malawi In Malawi the livestock sector is one of the growing sectors, however it is not growing enough to meet the demand of the country. Malawi stands to benefit a lot from the livestock sector especially pig farming. As the human population increases the demand for livestock also increases since it is used for food purposes. Pig farming is one of the profitable livestock production in Malawi because they have easy building up flocks and also have quick returns on the investments. As the sector continues to grow pig farming will play an important role in increasing the economy of Malawi as well as promoting food security despite having some religious taboos, thereby increasing income for small holder farmers. However pig farming is highly adopted by many farmers in Malawi both commercial and subsistence farmers, this is because pigs have a high growth rate, fast at increasing their flock size this is so because the sows produce more piglets and that they are...