NDLI: Analysis of Pig Consumption by Smallholders in a Hillside Swidden Agriculture Society of Northern Thailand

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Author	Nakai, Shinsuke
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Previous studies on the hillside farmers of northern Thailand often focused on their swidden (slash-and-burn) agriculture of upland rice and cash crop cultivation and paid little attention to livestock production and consumption, including that of pigs. I describe the household-level pig production and consumption in terms of the number of pigs slaughtered and the number of pigs supplied to others, or acquired from others, in a Hmong village of smallholders in northern Thailand. Study results are based on pig consumption in 17 selected households over two years (January 2005 to December 2006). The number of pigs slaughtered in each household ranged from zero to ten, with an average of 2.4 pigs per household per year. Pigs were slaughtered mainly for ritual events, particularly for annual ancestor worship and New Year ceremonies. A total of 80 pigs were slaughtered, with 78% being killed during ritual events including Christmas and 22% for non-ritual events including children moving up a grade in school. Most Christian households stopped slaughtering of pigs in ancestor worship conducted by a shaman, but continued to do so in Christmas and New Year rituals. A total of 23 pigs were supplied to others, of which two were given to people outside the village, while of a total of 37 pigs acquired, 17 were obtained from outside the village. A total of 80 pigs were slaughtered, including one improved-breed pig that was killed during a marriage ceremony soon after it was acquired from the city. The following changes in pig consumption are inferred to have taken place due to recent socioeconomic changes: (1) diversification of the type of events in which pigs are slaughtered as a result of the introduction of Christianity and the national educational system; (2) active pig acquisition from outside the village as a result of the use of motor vehicles; and (3) the acquisition and slaughtering for events of improved-breeds of pigs which are not kept and used for breeding.
Starting Page	501
Ending Page	511
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03007839
Journal	Human Ecology
Volume Number	37
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15729915
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-06-20
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Household-level pig consumption Rituals Motorization Christianity Hmong Northern Thailand Sociology Geography (general) Environmental Management Anthropology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Ecology Arts and Humanities Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Health (social science) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Anthropology

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