Zovawk
The indigenous pig of Mizoram, a small black hill pig kept in almost every rural Mizo household under a backyard system.
Zovawk
Physical Characteristics
- Colour: black, occasionally with white patches
- Small body with a sway back and drooping belly
- Short snout with small erect ears
- Adult weight: 35–50 kg
Benefits for Farmers
Thrives in cool, humid hill conditions with basic shelter
Very low input — fed on jungle greens and household waste
Preferred for meat quality in the local Mizo market
Well suited to smallholder backyard rearing
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Breed Profile
- Species
- Pig
- Utility
- Meat
- Home Tract
- Aizawl, Lunglei and across the Mizo hills
- Found In
- Mizoram
- Yield
- Litter size 5–8 piglets
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