Ivory Coast pork market is booming

Comoros is grappling with low pork self-production due to irregular breeding, insufficient funds, and African swine fever, which cost the industry 29.2 billion CFA francs from 2015 to 2024. In an effort to reverse this trend, the country has set a target of 25,000 tons of pork per year and has initiated various measures including technical training, genetic improvement, construction of slaughterhouses, and health and epidemic prevention.

Some experts believe that the low self-production capacity of pork in Comoros is due to irregular breeding, insufficient funds and African swine fever, especially the six African swine fever outbreaks in Comoros from 2015 to 2024, which caused a loss of 29.2 billion CFA francs (about 48.67 million U.S. dollars) to the pig farming industry. In order to get out of the predicament, the national livestock, fishery and aquaculture development policy of Comoros has set a goal of 25,000 tons of pork per year, and ...