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Finisher pigs are selected for transport at a farm near Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi.
increased from 2.8% in 2008 to 12.2% in 2018. The six LLDCs located in Asia contributed 57.4% of the production volume of this country group, the 27 African countries 40.7%. In Afri- ca, no country reached a position as dominating as that of Myanmar in Asia.
Large differences in slaughter weights Table 6 documents the average slaughter weights in the CLCs and the ten leading LLDCs. A comparison between the overall average shows a difference of 30kg, indicating the wide gap between the standard of the swine industry in the two country groups. With the exception of Myanmar and Madagascar, all LLDCs had an average below 70kg. Only Myanmar came close to the slaughter weights in the CLCs. Of the ten leading CLCs, China
Table 4 – The share of the LLDC in the population, pig slaugh- ter and pig meat production in 2018 at continent level.
Continent Population Share (%) Slaughter (x million)
Africa 579 45.4
Asia 107 2.3 Oceania 11 America 1
1.1 1.9
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(x 1,000 head) 22,202 17,814 573 163
64.2 2.0 0.2 1.8
Share (%) Meat production (x 1,000 tonnes) 894
1,261 34 7
56.3 1.8 0.2 1.3
and Vietnam fell far behind the other countries. This wide gap seems to be due to outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF). In 2008, the average slaughter weight in China was already 78.4kg and did not increase, in contrast to other CLCs. In Viet- nam, the average weight decreased by 2kg between 2008 and 2018. To avoid complete losses, some herds were slaughtered before reaching the intended live weight. A comparison of the slaughter weights in the ten leading LLDCs reveals considerable differences. The highest value was from Myanmar, which had 85.0kg, followed by Madagascar with 70.1kg and Angola with 65.0kg. In contrast, the slaughter weights were very low in Laos, which had 27.7kg; Malawi had 28.5kg and Burkina Faso 30.0kg. Even when considering the use of local breeds in backyard herds, a less efficient feed and the lack of a qualified veterinary service, the values seem to be too low. In Laos, the outbreaks of ASF may have caused the slaughter of pigs at a low weight to avoid complete loss of the herd.
Share (%)
Summary The preceding analysis documented the large difference between the status of the swine industry in the leading in- dustrialised countries and in the LLDCs. In 2018, the ten CLCs had 32.0% of the global population but contributed 77.5% of pig meat production. In
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