ASSOCIATED VOLUNTEER experts

Intervention on a Ministry multiplication farm

The agreement between the Ivory Coast's MIRAH (Ministry of Livestock) and AVe provides for AVe pig specialists to support a Ministry multiplication farm with around 100 sows (purebred breeding stock), as well as a number of pig farms monitored by the Ministry. Bernard and Gilbert were away for a week in August. They arrived in a context of ASF (African Swine Fever). As a result, their intervention was limited to the multiplication farm. This is currently being set up. In November 2023, AXIOM delivered some fifty purebred breeding animals, which were placed in temporary premises pending the construction of breeding buildings suitable for professional breeding. The AVe experts' recommendations focused mainly on the biosafety measures to be scrupulously observed, the layout of the building under construction, and preparation for the farrowings due to take place in the coming month. Other interventions will follow. It is imperative that this multiplication farm functions properly, as it will produce selected breeding stock that will be sold to the country's pig farms. This is the basis of the future Ivorian pork industry, which is being set up today.

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