Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Kendra, South Garo Hills introduced Ghungroo, a breed of pig which is mostly black
coloured with typical Bull dog face appearance. Breed is popular because of high prolificacy,
good mothering ability, docile nature and ability to sustain in low inputs. The present
investigation was carried out to evaluate the reproductive and growth performance of
Ghungroo and local pig raised under existing low input tribal backyard pig rearing system.
Methodology
The present study conducted in three villages namely Bibragre, Dobogre and Dagalgopgre of
Chokpot block in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. Forty farmers from the three
villages were selected and each farmer was given one Ghungroo piglet for further breeding
programme. Then from each farmer, one piglet (F1 generation) was collected and given to
another forty farmers to reach out maximum beneficiaries. The selected villages were visited
once a week by the investigator over a period of One year seven months from February 2021
to September 2022. Data on sow reproductive performance and productive performance were
collected by providing structured pre-tested schedule and discussion with the farmers and
visual appraisal for evaluation and validation. Weight of different age group of pigs were
measured by electronic weighing machine and body length (cm) and chest girth (cm) by
measuring tape in order to give reference to the farmers so that later can estimate the weight
of all the pigs more accurately. The information on existing pig production system such as
rearing pattern, feeding, and breeding management and disease prevalence were monitored,
and in addition piglet pre-weaning and post weaning mortality was recorded during visits
Results
Results obtained in this study were age at puberty; age at first conception, age at first
farrowing and inter farrowing interval were statistically (P