PERFORMANCES COMPARISON BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL PIG FARMING SYSTEMS IN MANOKWARI, WEST PAPUA PROVINCE INDONESIA

Abstract

<p><span>Pigs are kept both in urban and rural areas. This research identified the performance differences <span>between urban and rural farming systems. The study was conducted in Manokwari regency and involved <span>six districts, i.e. Nothern Manokwari district, Eastern Manokari District, Western Manokwari district,<br /><span>Warmare district, Prafi district and Masni district. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 18.0, an <span>independent-samples T test was run to compare urban and rural pig farming systems. The research found <span>that there were differences of ages and feeding hours (P<0.05) between those two farming systems. There<br /><span>were no differences in household members, experience, average pig owned, working hours, selling period, <span>litter size and number of farrowing. There are nine point of pig farming improvement that should be done to <span>sustain pig farming systems in Manokwari Papua. Education may be improved by provide informal and <span>skillful education. Pig ownership should be increased. Working hours must be increased. Pig keeping in the <span>pens should be done by farmers. Managing pigs with additional time is important so that pigs will be <span>maintained well. Litter sizes both in urban and rural are low, therefore further improvements are needed. <span>Recording pig productivities must be done by every farmer.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>(Key words: Arfak pig farmers, Pig performance, Rural pig farming, Urban pig farming)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></p>