03387nam a22001577a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021040001400062100002200076245013600098260003500234300003100269500016100300504003200461520273600493OSt20250805085326.0241210b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMMSUcULS  aBulong, Marlon D.  aProduction management and marketing practices of native pig ( Sus scrofa domesticus L.) raisers in Ilocos Norte /cMarlon D. Bulong  aCity of Batac :bMMSU, c2024.  axii, 103 leaves :c29 cm.   aThesis (BS in Agriculture major in Animal Science)  -- Mariano Marcos State University-College of Agriculture, Food and Sustainable Development, Batac City   aBibliography : leaves 85-88  aThe study was conducted to document the existing production management and 
marketing practices of native pig raisers in Ilocos Norte. In addition, this study served 
as primary benchmark information for researchers and will serve as basis for concerned 
agencies in crafting package of technology for native pig raising. Specifically, it 
attempted to determine the: socio-demographic profile, farm profile, production 
management and marketing practices, and problems encountered in native pig raising. 
A total of 85 native pig raisers were served as respondents of the study through 
random sampling. Interview schedule was used to gather data through face-to-face 
interaction. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Microsoft 
Excel was used for tabulation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was 
utilized to determine the relationship of variables. 
Accordingly, native pig raisers are mostly 41-60 years old, finished high school, 
and their main source of income is farming. Most of the raisers ventured in native pig 
raising for one (1) to five (5) years and do not have any seminars or trainings attended 
and had no affiliation to groups. Native pig raisers engaged in farrow-to-finishing, 
raised one to five heads, and employed confinement system within an area of 1 to 15m2 
for raising, distanced from another farm is 26-50 meters, and the source of stocks are 
neighbors. They adopted outbreeding, natural mating, practiced observing heat signs, 
and twice service during estrus. Raisers used local and commercial material in their 
housing and did not practice separate housing per stages. The pigs were fed two times 
a day with the combination of local and commercial feeds in concrete feeding trough, 
and provision of water twice a day. They are not implementing vaccination but they 
practice medication, using medicinal plants, cleaning pens, and no management in 
disposing feces and foul odor. Raisers’ product is dependent on the production system 
they adopted. Weanlings have an average of Php. 1,755.00 per head, finisher have an 
average of Php. 6,845.00 per head and least raisers are selling per kilogram. Body size 
is the basis of pricing, the venue or place for selling is mostly regular market and 
majority do not have marketing strategies. 
Various problems in native pig raising such as high cost of feeds, low market 
price, parasites and diseases, not having enough capital, having no buyers, the level of 
difficulty in finding good stock, and the lack of technical knowledge were encountered. 
Hence, it is recommended that the concerned agencies and stakeholders 
conceptualize a package of technology native pig raising as a standard for raising.