Local Farmers Embrace Pig Farming

There has been a tremendous increase in pig farming with more farmers showing interest after the recent introduction of a trial pig protection scheme.

Namibian pig farmers now aim at producing 60 percent of all pork in the Namibian market locally. Presently only about 23 to 25 percent of pig products are sourced locally, while the rest is imported mainly from South Africa.

The Pig Producers Association says it is inundated with phone calls from interested people on a daily basis. The calls are coming from small farmers interested in pig farming, said the association's chairperson Flip de Villiers. "Our quality of pig meat is very good and it should be protected from cheap imports," de Villiers said.