Received: 01-03-2021 / Accepted: 28-05-2021
The paper presentsthe situation of pig production in the context of disease outbreaks in Yen Phong district, Bac Ninh province.Descriptive statistics, classification and comparison methods were utilized.Pig production in Yen Phong district was organized at various scales from households, family farms to large farms. Most households applied a traditional production procedure in the residential area. There were several family and large farms producing pigs outside the residential area where three large farms applied production procedures to control animal diseases. Formal linkages with contracts in pig production and marketing of pig products wwerenot developed yet; only informal, horizontal linkages were available among pig farmers to exchange knowledge related to farming practices and disease control. The study proposed four solutions to develop pig production in Yen Phong district in the future.