Research and development

SAPPO actively supports pork industry value chain representatives and academia gathering to inform and coordinate research projects for the pork industry.

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For more information and bursary applications, contact Dr Thandi Chiaperro.

SAPPO regards research as a driver of industry competitiveness and sustainability. In collaboration with pork industry value chain representatives and academia, SAPPO’s research committee has the following objectives:

The focus of research projects should be to:

  1. Enhance industry competitiveness and sustainable growth.
  2. Enable SAPPO to intervene effectively in the pork value chain.
  3. Improve farm-level sustainability practices.

SAPPO commissioned a number of researchers to conduct literature reviews on subjects related to pig production.

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