The Aowin Suman district is looking at ways to vigorously promote pig producation to create alternative employment opportunities  for residents in the area.

This according to the assembly would be done through introduction of improved husbandry, processing and marketing to improve farmers earnings.

Pig production is the most popular livestock activity in the district, apart from sheep and goat, especially among the youth and women.

Cattle  rearing is also found in a few communities with an estimated population of 500.

The rearing of goats on the other hand is prohibited in many communities in the district because they are said to cause a lot of nuisance.

The population of sheep in the District is therefore higher than that of goats.   These small ruminants suffer from high worm infestation, mange or scabies and seasonal outbreaks of diarrhoea and pneumonia complications e.g. “Peste des petities ruminants” (PPR).  These diseases especially PPR leads to high mortality among these animals.

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