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June 11, 2020 / 4:17 AM / Updated 18 hours ago
Cheek by jowl: China pork crisis spurs pig farms' return to cities
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is building industrial pig farms near its urban areas, reversing years of policies to relocate the livestock over waste concerns, as the government prioritises food security over the environment after African swine fever decimated its herds.
The world’s biggest pork consumer will add about 200 million pigs by constructing new farms around the country to restore output after the swine fever outbreak that started in 2018. But new farms going up in the suburbs of major cities face high costs to prevent the problems like farm run-off leaking into water and soil that prompted the government to relocate them between 2015 and 2017.
Zu Sheng, owner of Sifanghong Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, is building one of 11 farms planned for the outskirts of Beijing this year. His site, located in the city’s eastern district of Pinggu, about 70 km (43 miles) outside of the city centre, will eventually raise 60,000 pigs per year.
“We’re one of the key projects aimed at stabilizing Beijing’s meat supplies and protecting livelihoods,” said Zu.
Top pork producer New Hope Liuhe is also planning a multi-story farm in Pinggu that will produce 150,000 pigs a year. Another six farms are being rebuilt and expanded, the Beijing municipal government told Reuters.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not respond to a fax requesting comments on changes in pig farm policy. ..
June 11, 2020 / 4:17 AM / Updated 18 hours ago
Cheek by jowl: China pork crisis spurs pig farms' return to cities
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is building industrial pig farms near its urban areas, reversing years of policies to relocate the livestock over waste concerns, as the government prioritises food security over the environment after African swine fever decimated its herds.
The world’s biggest pork consumer will add about 200 million pigs by constructing new farms around the country to restore output after the swine fever outbreak that started in 2018. But new farms going up in the suburbs of major cities face high costs to prevent the problems like farm run-off leaking into water and soil that prompted the government to relocate them between 2015 and 2017.
Zu Sheng, owner of Sifanghong Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, is building one of 11 farms planned for the outskirts of Beijing this year. His site, located in the city’s eastern district of Pinggu, about 70 km (43 miles) outside of the city centre, will eventually raise 60,000 pigs per year.
“We’re one of the key projects aimed at stabilizing Beijing’s meat supplies and protecting livelihoods,” said Zu.
Top pork producer New Hope Liuhe is also planning a multi-story farm in Pinggu that will produce 150,000 pigs a year. Another six farms are being rebuilt and expanded, the Beijing municipal government told Reuters.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not respond to a fax requesting comments on changes in pig farm policy. ..
