Venezuela’s pig sector has collapsed since 2014

01-04-2022 | |
The main reasons for Venezuela's decreasing pig production are not any disease or climate event, but politics and its consequences for the national economy. - Photos: Daniel Azevedo
The main reasons for Venezuela's decreasing pig production are not any disease or climate event, but politics and its consequences for the national economy. - Photos: Daniel Azevedo
In the months leading up to the event United Pork Americas, Pig Progress takes a deep dive into pig-producing countries in the Americas. What is pork production like in the various countries in both continents, and what are the perspectives for development? Today: a closer look at Venezuela. Venezuela is going in the opposite direction in comparison to other South America’s countries when the topic is the pig sector. While most of them registered remarkable increasing production in rece


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Daniel Azevedo Freelance journalist Brazil