Spatial analysis and characteristics of pig farming in Thailand.

Interestingly, although the total number of pig holders did not vary so much in time over this study period, the average number of pigs per holding showed an increasing trend, which confirms that Thailand is still intensifying its pig production, and this will impact over longer time period on the number of smallholders, who will gradually either, quit pork production, or move to large-scale pig farming.

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While the global pig population has increased regularly over the past half century, the pig population in Thailand has shown a much more variable trajectory, within an overall trend of increase since the mid-1980s (Fig. 3 -Top).

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