Sébastien Le Belzic (correspondent in China), edited by Romain Rouillard 06:16, February 13, 2023
In China, near the city of Wuhan in the center of the country, a giant pigsty, the largest in the world, has been erected in a 26-storey building capable of housing 650,000 animals.
A structure that calls on others in this country, the biggest consumer of pork in the world, which aims for food autonomy.
In China, the biggest consumer of pork in the world, it is called the pig hotel.
It is actually a giant pigsty, the largest in the world, installed in a 26-storey skyscraper near the city of Wuhan and capable of accommodating 650,000 animals for which comfort is not necessarily optimal. .
This building with six elevators is also equipped with a system to monitor in real time the level of ventilation, temperature and humidity but also to monitor the 30,000 power points.
The project to reach "zero level of excrement emissions"
Everything is regulated from a kind of ultra-modern control tower in this high-tech pigsty which also aims to be ecological and which is the pride of its director.
"We will achieve the slaughter of 600,000 pigs per year, with the project of achieving zero excreta emissions with also very low greenhouse gas emissions. Our biosecurity control system, added to a scientific feed, allows to improve the quality and to meet the demand of the population for a less expensive pork", he assures.
The structure required the trifle of 580 million euros.
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