In the next 20 years, China's pig industry will face a series of complex and crucial challenges, which are not only related to the sustainable and healthy development of the industry, but also closely related to the country's multiple strategic goals such as ecological environmental protection, food safety assurance, agricultural industrial structure optimization and market stability.
First, environmental pressures and sustainability are becoming increasingly prominent. With the increasingly strict environmental protection policies in China and the general improvement of the public's awareness of environmental protection, how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by large-scale breeding while meeting the huge demand for pork consumption in the pig industry has become a major issue to be solved. If the manure produced by large-scale aquaculture cannot be effectively harmlessly treated and utilized, it will cause serious pollution to soil and water sources, and consume a lot of valuable land and water resources. Therefore, exploring and developing a green, low-carbon, recycling, and efficient pig breeding model, and realizing the reduction, harmlessness and resource utilization of waste will be the primary task facing the pig industry in the future.
Second, disease prevention and control and biosecurity issues cannot be ignored. African swine fever and other major diseases pose a continuous threat to China's pig industry, and the establishment and improvement of a comprehensive, scientific and strict biosecurity system to improve disease early warning and rapid response capabilities are the key links to ensure the healthy development of the pig industry. At the same time, the problem of drug resistance caused by the abuse of antibiotics is becoming increasingly prominent, and it is necessary to standardize drug use behaviors through scientific and technological innovation and management methods, so as to ensure the health of pigs and maintain public health and safety.
In addition, production efficiency and cost control have become the focus of competition. In the context of the acceleration of globalization and the upgrading of domestic consumption, how to use advanced scientific and technological means such as genetic breeding, precision breeding, intelligent management, etc., to improve pig growth performance, reduce feed conversion rate, improve production efficiency, and on this basis, effectively control production costs, will become the key to China's pig industry to maintain competitiveness in the international market.
The construction of food safety and quality traceability system is also imminent. Consumers' requirements for food safety continue to increase, from source control, process supervision to terminal consumption, the implementation of strict quality control and the establishment of a sound traceability system to ensure the safety and reliability of pork products from farm to table, which is not only the social responsibility of the pig industry, but also the cornerstone of its long-term development.
In addition, it is imperative to restructure, transform and upgrade the industrial structure. The traditional small-scale decentralized breeding will gradually change to large-scale, intensive and modernized, which may lead to a series of social and economic problems such as rural labor transfer and land use contradictions.
At the same time, the ability to cope with the risk of market volatility will also have a direct impact on the stability of the pig industry. How to build an effective market regulation mechanism and risk prevention system to help farmers resist the risk of market fluctuations and maintain the overall operation of the industry is also an important issue in the future development.
Finally, scientific and technological innovation and talent training are the core driving forces for the long-term development of the pig industry. With the application of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things, we can not only realize the refined management and efficient production of the pig industry, but also bring new opportunities for change to the pig industry. Cultivating a team of professionals who understand technology and are good at management is an important human resource guarantee to support the innovation and development of the pig industry.
To sum up, in the face of various challenges in the future, China's pig industry must adhere to the concept of green development, innovation-driven, and people-oriented, continuously optimize and upgrade the industrial structure, strengthen biosecurity, improve production efficiency, and ensure food safety, in order to be invincible in the fierce market competition and achieve sustainable and high-quality development.