A study on pig cum fish integrated farming in Kamrup (R) district of Assam

A field trial was conducted during 2018 and 2020 on pig cum fish farming at Livestock Research Station, Mandira during 2018 and 2020. The results were found encouraging. Net income of pig cum fish farming was Rs.1, 21,700.00 and Rs. 1, 49,200.00 during 2018 and 2020 respectively. High net return was found in 2020 due to the higher market price of fish as well as pork. The pig dung act as excellent pond fertilizer and raises the biological productivity of the pond and consequently increases fish production. No supplementary feed is required for the fish culture, which normally accounts for 60 percent of the total input cost in conventional fish culture. Pig excreta help in fertilizing the pond water and produce the fish food organism like phytoplankton and zooplankton. Apart from this, some of the fishes like Common carp take pig dung directly as their feed. The economic returns are good enough for the small farmers of this locality. The B:C ratio was 3.36:1 from the two years experimentation.