03476nam a22001817a 4500 OSt 20250805085326.0 241210b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d MMSU ULS Bulong, Marlon D. Production management and marketing practices of native pig ( Sus scrofa domesticus L.) raisers in Ilocos Norte / Marlon D. Bulong City of Batac : MMSU, 2024. xii, 103 leaves : 29 cm. Thesis (BS in Agriculture major in Animal Science) -- Mariano Marcos State University-College of Agriculture, Food and Sustainable Development, Batac City Bibliography : leaves 85-88 The 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. lcc THEDIS 24297 24297 0 0 lcc 0 0 MMSU_MAIN MMSU_MAIN THESES 2024-12-10 7483 1 UTHESIS-7483 2026-02-11 2026-02-11 2024-12-10 THEDIS Room Use Only