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Characteristics of backyard holdings






          §   Farm size varies                                                                  Slaughter per month
               (up to 150 pigs, typically 1-5 animals)                                     both in, and not in slaughterhouses
          §   Large number of farms                               1400
               (in 2012 approx. 1.3 million registered holdings)
                ● Officially registered and non-registered        1200

                ● Roughly 55% of total number of pigs in          1000
                   Romania
          §   Tradition (Christmas pig) (about half of the total   800
               slaughterings in the month of December, see
               graph)                                              600
          §   Additional source of income                          400
          §   Valorisation of household left-overs and corn
               received as rent for land                           200
          §   Inconclusive and not well monitored regulation         0

          §   Poor biosecurity                                             2014M01  2014M03  2014M05  2014M07  2014M09  2014M11  2015M01  2015M03  2015M05  2015M07  2015M09  2015M11  2016M01  2016M03  2016M05  2016M07  2016M09  2016M11  2017M01  2017M03  2017M05  2017M07  2017M09  2017M11  2018M01  2018M03  2018M05  2018M07  2018M09  2018M11  2019M01  2019M03  2019M05  2019M07  2019M09
          §   Source of piglets varies (both domestic and import)
          §   Substantial political relevance due to large
               numbers of holdings                                           Slaughter houses       Not in slaughter houses      Source: Eurostat


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