Arun Pig Development Scheme
Category: Agriculture,Rural & Environment
Level: State | State: Arunachal Pradesh

Details:
The scheme “Arun Pig Development Scheme” was launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry, Veterinary &amp; Dairy Development, Government of Arunachal Pradesh in the financial year 2019-20 with a focus on pig rearing. Among the livestock species, the pig finds an important place as it is being reared by socio-economically weaker sections of the society especially in the states like Arunachal Pradesh where most of people prefer non-veg cuisines with special attractions for Pork. The pig as compared to other livestock species has a great potential to contribute to a faster economic return to the farmers, because of certain inherent traits like high fecundity, better-feed conversion efficiency, early maturity, and short generation interval. Pig farming also requires small investments in buildings and equipment.
**Objective**

  - Genetic improvement of the indigenous pigs of Arunachal Pradesh for productivity enhancement by crossbreeding with the exotic breed(s) to a desired level of combination of exotic and local inheritance,
  - Improvement of indigenous pig rearing by the rural people by selective breeding,
  - Livelihood earning
  - Maintenance of well-planned crossbred animals at farmers’ field
  - Expansion of piggery husbandry and support mechanism to propagate pig rearing in rural areas
  - Ensure that the breeds introduced, and crossbreds produced and propagated in the state are adapted to local environmental conditions and emerging climatic challenges,
  - Strengthen support mechanisms and development of the sector in respect of feeding, housing, and health care besides value addition and marketing of the product with value chain development.
  - Scientific rearing and motivation of farmers for integrated piggery farming.

**Important Features**

  - Seeing the low interest of the actual grass root level farmer for the credit link schemes and their poor success rate, a new venture for piggery development in the state through direct intervention by the Department of AHV&amp;DD, GoAP in terms of upgradation of genetic resources, and other peripherals, a new and innovative scheme is proposed for Budget Announcement 2019-20 for sustainable development and poverty alleviation of Farmers through Pig Rearing in potential districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
  - Livelihood earning, improvement of indigenous pig rearing by the rural people by selective breeding along with maintenance of well-planned crossbred animals at farmers’ fields.
  - Expansion of piggery husbandry and support mechanism to propagate pig rearing in rural areas.
  - Ensure that the breeds introduced, and crossbreds produced and propagated in the state are adapted to local environmental conditions and emerging climatic challenges.

Benefits:
4750 farmers will be given piggery subsidy (25% beneficiary contribution and 75% government contribution).
Piglets will be procured by the District Administration and handed over to the farmers after ensuring that a suitable sty was constructed by the selected farmer.
The sty should accommodate 5 piglets with a scope to accommodate a further 15 nos.
5 pig entrepreneurs will be selected per district and each will be given an assistance of 15 piglets per unit @₹1.5 Lakh (govt. share)

Eligibility Criteria:
1.	The applicant should be a permanent resident of Arunachal Pradesh.
2.	Pig-rearing individual farmers/ Self Help Groups (SHGs), ones identified by the District Pig Development Committee are eligible to apply under the scheme.
3.	Preference would be given to women and genuinely poor farmers.