PIG FARMING AT KINSHASA IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Abstract

Pig farming has been gaining attention in recent years in African countries south of the Sahara as a source of urban farmers’ cash income. This study was undertaken to explain what types of pigs are raised, how and where they are raised, and how pork is distributed in Kinshasa of the DRC . The results indicated that six households had begun pig farming in the past 14 years, two of which had nonetheless lost their pigs to disease. All of the pig farmers surveyed raised their animals in pigpens for marketing. Some spent grain from commercial bakeries was also used as a supplemental feed food resource for pigs. This case of using waste is likely to provide useful options when considering the sustainable use of resources in large cities in the African tropics.