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Factors affecting enduring participation in a pig farming program in Southern Papua, Indonesia

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In mid-2016, the local government of Papua, Indonesia, launched a subsidised program to improve pig farming in the area, with 250 participants. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with enduring participation in pig farming among the program participants. Two years after the commencement of the program, one hundred of the 250 participants were recruited into the study and divided into two groups: participants who continued to engage in pig farming (“remain”) and those who had quit pig farming (“quit”). Data were collected from interviews, including personal data and events on the farms between April 2017 and March 2018. Multiple correspondence analysis, followed by a two-step cluster analysis and multivariate regression, was used to explore factors associated with the durability of pig farmings. Results indicated that associated factors included feed and water security, the use of concrete material for the pig house floor, the avoidance of swill feeding, reduced pig mortality, and continued pig husbandry training. This study highlights that a good feeding regimen and effective control of pig diseases should be priority pig husbandry techniques to be extended through training and assistance to improve traditional pig farming in Papua.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the director of the office, Ir. Yosefine Sampelino for the endorsement of the study. The authors would also like to thank our surveyors for assistance during data collection: Yuliana Mom S.Pt., M.Si., Sakura S.Pt., M.Si., Amalia S.Pt., and Yanfred Edoway S.Pt. We acknowledge pig farmers, participants of the program of OTSUS 2016 for their cooperation in the study.

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The research was funded by Dinas Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan Kabupaten Mimika (Regional Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services of Mimika), Papua, Indonesia, through Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Daerah (APBD) 2018.

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  1. Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

    Widi Nugroho

  2. Regional Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Mimika, Papua, Indonesia

    Martinus Klemen

  3. Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Michael Philipp Reichel

  4. Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

    Achmad Efendi

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Widi Nugroho: study design, funding acquisition, fieldwork supervision, data analyses, manuscript writing. Martinus Klemen: study design, funding acquisition, data collection, data analyses. Michael P. Reichel: data analyses, manuscript writing. Achmad Efendi: data analyses, manuscript writing.

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Nugroho, W., Klemen, M., Reichel, M.P. et al. Factors affecting enduring participation in a pig farming program in Southern Papua, Indonesia. Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 46 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-03037-y

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