Production of swine and chicken in the Philippines has been growing steadily over time, consistent with rising domestic demand due to an increasing population, greater purchasing power, and urbanization. The price of both swine and chicken have also been increasing over the years, driven by strong demand as well as the rising cost of animal feed. In response to the rising consumption, the value of swine and chicken imports have also been increasing rapidly in the past decade.
Philippine exports of swine is small ($5 million in 2012) and is mostly in prepared or preserved form. Chicken, on the other hand, is often traded in parts, which creates product variety and the possibility of intra-industry trade (Briones, 2014). While the country's exports of chicken (mostly cuts and offal) is not that large, it reached $44 million in 2012—almost twice the value in 2009.
The global meat market has been experiencing a rapid expansion, with exports growing over 40% in less than a decade (Briones, 2014). According to the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD, 2011), developing countries are expected to produce 60% of the world meat production by 2020—a significant increase compared to their 31% share in 1980. Animal production has been steadily increasing in ASEAN; however, for some countries this has also resulted in increased dependency on imports of feed ingredients, veterinary supplies, and exotic genetic material.
The swine industry is one of the largest contributors to Philippines agriculture, second only to rice. The top producing province in 2012 was Bulacan (11.3%) followed by Batangas (6.1%). The preference of Filipino consumers for fresh or chilled pork over frozen pork g...
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...ed ingredients used in the country are yellow corn, soybean oil meal, rice bran, copra meal, fishmeal, and wheat and wheat by-products. Among these, corn is considered the most critical, as it represents about 50% of formulated animal feed rations. In the past, corn was considered as the bottleneck of both the feed milling and animal industries. However, with the implementation of an aggressive corn development program by the Philippine government, local production and supply of corn has stabilized. Recently, quality and prices of locally produced yellow corn are already competitive with imports. If domestic livestock producers face lower feed prices, they may become competitive in the international market. The recent scenario on corn production and the increasing trend in consumption paint a positive outlook for the local swine and chicken industry. (PCAARRD, 2011)
The poultry industry for small farmers was a challenge in the run up to the opening of trade barriers, overproduction of chicken discouraged and pulled out of the market for these small producers that did not have financial protection against these recurring phenomena. It is here where Bachoco had a thorough evaluation to take advantage of these outputs of producers and take part of the free market. It was not an exclusive practice of Bachoco, but many major producers of that time increased the size of sales and government subsidies obtained and had survived the fall in the price of chicken that was below the average cost of production (Hernández and Vázquez,
Today, chickens born of pinpoint-focused genetics are raised by the millions in factory farms. The industrial frying chicken is physiologically adapted to gain weight so that it’s ready for the skillet in six weeks. Modern hybrid laying hens are so efficient that they don’t even think of sitting on eggs (Will).
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"Record-High Antibiotic Sales for Meat and Poultry Production." pewhealth.org. The Pew Charitable Trust, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 20 May 2014. .
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``The increased ever-growing export demand for teff resulted increment of local price almost by 50%`` said the reporter in the radio. I was sitting with my family having dinner injera - a cultural Food made solely from teff. Radio kept rambling, everyone didn’t stop eating. It was only I paused, thinking “then why do we keep buying teff, making injera why not abandon it?”
There has recently been a growing interest in outdoor pig production due to potential niche markets that include nature, free range, antibiotic-free, and sustainable products from pigs. Outdoor pig production can have benefits such as having a cost that is 40-70% lower to conventional indoor systems and can achieve similar grow margins with less capital investment, but it can also have its downfalls (Gentry & McGlone, 2003). Sows used to be housed in groups with outdoor access. In United States in 2001, 64% of the gestated sows were moved inside confinement building and given an individual stall (Peter J. Lammers, 2008). Consumers are concerned about sows being housed in gestation stalls and pigs being finished in confinement because they do not think that pigs are able to live their natural lives. This paper is written to show the pros and cons of indoor and outdoor housing for gestation and finishing pigs.
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In less than 30 years when the world population reaches its carrying capacity how will we feed everyone? Unless we start planting crops on the moon or go all out for cannibalism, we’ll need some new technology to feed the world. A large portion of humans’ diet is meat. In vitro meat or artificial meat offers a way to undo our food and environmental setbacks caused by traditional meat. Someday it will be in stores and if it’s a hit it might be the solution to solving how to feed people. Meat cultivation uses more land, water and resources to house, transport, and slaughter animals and their grain and food than it would cost to fund in vitro meat studies.
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An article produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations states,”Livestock contribute forty percent of the global value of agricultural output and support the livelihoods and food security of almost 1.3 billion people”(fao.org). Therefore globally many people depend on the production of animal agriculture to supply a basic need in their everyday lives.”The human population, currently increasing at 1.4% per year, is forecast to increase by an average of 1.2% per year over the period to 2020, reaching 7.7 billion “(Robert O. Wilson). Therefore, urbanization is increasing and incomes are rising in many parts of the world, trends associated with increased per capita demand for milk, meat, and eggs. Another way animal agriculture is beneficial is to the U.S.
However, many people still refuse to be a vegetarian for different reasons. Some people prefer the taste of meat, and some people believe that they are born to eat meat. Despite that about 2 billion people in the world live basically on the meat diet, around 4 billion people live mainly on a plant-based diet because of food shortage(Pimentel ＆ Pimentel, 2003, pp660S). As everyone knows, the number of population is growing. For example, the total U.S. population doubled in the previous 60 years, and it may double again in the next 70 years (Pimentel ＆ Pimentel, 2003, pp660S). People won’t have enough meat to eat in the future. On the other hand, a well-planned vegetarian diet offers many health benefits. Therefore, people should become vegetarian because it benefits to huma...