Project Name：Pig Industry Enhancement Project Phase II in Eswatini

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Africa, Kingdom of Eswatini

Project Description：

The proposed second phase of PIEP, referred to as PIEP II, will build on the successes of the first phase to further enhance the pig industry supply chain in Eswatini. The main components of PIEP II include: 1. Improving the pig breeding system at Mpisi Pig Breeding Station by supplying pure line breeding pigs to potential farmers to increase the supply of high­quality hybrid gilts, thus increasing the proportion of farmers with quality breeding pigs; 2. Conducting national training on breeding management, nutrition, artificial insemination and other techniques aimed at improving farmers' production efficiency; 3. Establishing a national pig identification and traceability system to link sources of pigs with registered abattoirs for hygienic pig slaughter; and 4. Facilitating market linkages by enabling the signing of production and/or marketing contracts between farmers and pork wholesalers, and establishing a frozen carcass stacking lease mechanism to regulate the Eswatini pork market demand and stabilize marketing channels affecting pork supply and demand.

Project No：TT-310-2021-027

Implementation Start Date：2021-01-01

Implementation End Date：2025-12-31

Project Objectives：Improve the operating environment of the pig industry in Eswatini; increase farmers' productivity and income by 15 percent from the 2020 benchmark by the end of the project.

Executing Agency：

Ministry of Agriculture Taiwan Technical Mission in the Kingdom of Eswatini / Department of Veterinary and Livestock Services

Current Progress：

By the end of December 2024, the following activities have been implemented:

1.Selected 14 breeding stock of forth generation of pure Landrace, 14 of pure Large White and 6 of pure Duroc.

2.Maintaining the 121 purebred pigs populations at Mpisi pig breeding station.

3.Produced and extent 1,441 two-crossbred gilts to farmers produce in total, and assist medium and large-scale pig farmers breed 675 two-crossbred gilts.

4.Promoted the pigbase system, totally 2,771 farmers using it.

5.Assisted 40 pig farmers in signing purchase contracts with pork wholesalers, sold 4,169 pigs and produced about 241 tons of pork.

6. Conducted 64 workshop for pig farmer techniques improvement, and conduct 9 workshop for pig hygienic slaughter.

Project Contact：Gillian Lin

Phone：+886-2-2888-6043

E-mail：ch.lin@icdf.org.tw