Kure: The challenges of pigs in Paraguay

Published 2021년 11월 9일

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Paraguay's pig farming sector, which started expanding around the year 2000, has grown to include about 35,000 breeding mothers, accounting for around 10% of Argentina's and 2% of Brazil's production. The majority of this production is located in Alto Paraná and Itapúa, with Georgia and Uruguay being the main export markets since 2020, following Russia's imposition of tariffs. Domestic consumption, which is low at 7/8 kilos per capita per year, primarily in sausage form, is the sector's main support, with efforts being made to boost consumption through communication strategies and addressing misconceptions about pork. The sector is also grappling with high grain prices and is working towards better animal welfare standards, with an anticipated 20% of pigs to be under regulation by the end of 2022.

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"Kure" is the Guarani word for the pig. We chatted with Hugo Schaffrath, Managing Partner of the company “Granja San Bernardo” and President of the Association of Paraguayan Pork Breeders: geography, numbers and challenges of Paraguayan pig farming. Pig production in the neighboring country is a relatively new activity that began to gain relevance from the year 2000. Clearly before that date there were pig producers but on a much smaller scale. “Today, at an industrial level, about 35 thousand mothers can be counted, including the smallest and most domestic productions, it can reach about 60 thousand matrices. This is just over 10% of what Argentina has and 2% of what Brazil has, if we compare. 80% of this production is concentrated in Alto Paraná and Itapúa, where most of the country's grain production is located. The main meat processing plant that slaughters the largest number of animals, and that exports, is also located in the department of Itapúa, which borders Argentina ”, ...

Source: Infopork