Does the development of pig industry in rural areas do more harm than good or do more good than harm?

From all aspects, the advantages of developing pig industry in rural areas outweigh the disadvantages. Although there are some minor problems, they are generally acceptable, as follows.

First, the development of pig industry can eliminate household kitchen waste.

Whether in rural or urban areas, kitchen waste can account for half of domestic waste. In rural areas, agriculture can handle most of the kitchen waste. Keeping a pig at home can reduce food waste. It can be said that raising pigs is a small farm ecology. Pigs can eat greasy leftovers that chickens, ducks and geese can't eat; Cats and dogs can't eat high-salt and spicy leftovers, and neither can pigs. Although there are more pig farmers, the discharge of farm manure will have a certain impact on the local ecology, but as far as sewage is concerned, the water in rural areas is clearer than that in cities.

Second, the development of pig industry in rural areas can give some people employment opportunities.

Selling pigs is also an income. Although the price of meat has dropped, killing pigs can still bring farmers income. Some people may say that one head is only a few thousand, and it is only a few hundred on average for one year. Might as well work or something. However, as long as you have seen it in rural areas, you will know that in rural areas, can workers over 60 really go to work as smoothly as you said? I only know that many factories around the countryside will not recruit more than 50 people when they recruit people, and these people either live on their children's living expenses or on subsidies. Nowadays, young people are trying to feed themselves, so it is already a high income for the elderly to raise several pigs with thousands of dollars a year.

In reality, there are no millions of people per capita like online platforms. As long as most young people are not in debt, their ancestors burn incense.

Third, maintain the local material supply.

Let's talk about the material first. In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, in fact, every small village or town should form a small return. If villages and towns rely on buying everything, then once there is abnormality (such as isolation), it will be fatal to the whole region. I encountered this situation in 2020. The village next door to us? Vigorously develop tourism, the villagers have nothing to do, no vegetables, and rely on buying chickens, ducks and pigs because they have money.

However, during the Spring Festival that year, after the prepared materials were eaten, several surrounding villages turned to the county for help. At that time, 60% of the pigs raised in our village died, and all the vegetables were picked from each other, ensuring the normal life around them.