Version 1
: Received: 2 October 2023 / Approved: 2 October 2023 / Online: 3 October 2023 (05:53:34 CEST)
How to cite:
Galnaitytė, A.; Kriščiukaitienė, I.; Namiotko, V.; Dabkienė, V. Challenges of the Pig Farming Sector. Preprints2023, 2023100079. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0079.v1
Galnaitytė, A.; Kriščiukaitienė, I.; Namiotko, V.; Dabkienė, V. Challenges of the Pig Farming Sector. Preprints 2023, 2023100079. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0079.v1
Galnaitytė, A.; Kriščiukaitienė, I.; Namiotko, V.; Dabkienė, V. Challenges of the Pig Farming Sector. Preprints2023, 2023100079. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0079.v1
APA Style
Galnaitytė, A., Kriščiukaitienė, I., Namiotko, V., & Dabkienė, V. (2023). Challenges of the Pig Farming Sector. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0079.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Galnaitytė, A., Virginia Namiotko and Vida Dabkienė. 2023 "Challenges of the Pig Farming Sector" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0079.v1
Abstract
Scientists, politicians, and practitioners are debating the current structure of pig farms in Lithuania, as medium and small farms have almost disappeared over the past decade. The debated problem is whether the revitalization of medium and small pig farms would sustainably contribute to self-sufficiency in pork? Therefore, this research aims to determine which farms in terms of size could be the most perspective. In order to achieve this aim the multi-criteria evaluation method TOPSIS was used. The economic, production and environmental indicators of Lithuanian pig farms and pig farming sector in Lithuania and selected EU countries: Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and Denmark were analyzed in this research. The multi-criteria evaluation led to the conclusion that Danish pig farms were the best managed. Germany occupied the second place. The industrial large farms were found as dominated in those countries. Large pig farms (approximately two thousand sows) appeared most perspective in Lithuania: they took the first place in the years examined (2016–2021). The criterion estimate of their assessed indicators was much higher than of the medium (100 sows) and small (20 sows) farms. The main reasons: significantly higher labour productivity, lower cost, lower price, and better production indicators.
Keywords
Pig Farming; Farm Size; TOPSIS
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Economics
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