Thailand: announces development plan for pig industry
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11-Feb-2010 (16 years 3 months 30 days ago)Thailand’s Pig Board, a core body overseeing pig industry policy, has agreed upon action plans to be implemented in associated with the earlier adopted master plan to develop the pig and pork industry as a whole. The plans require a budget of THB 1.5 billion (USD 45.2 million) for funding the implementation from this year through 2014.
Thailand is forecast to produce 17.6 million live pigs this year, or around 1.33 million tonnes of pork meat. Around 500,000 live pigs and 16,000 tonnes of pork are expected to be exported.