The strategy provides for the broad adoption of digital technologies in pig production. Key areas include automated feeding, monitoring housing conditions, tracking animal health and reproduction, and using technology to manage ventilation and energy consumption.
The programme also envisages the development of precision livestock farming technologies to improve production efficiency and reduce dependence on manual labour.
Processing Sector to Be Modernised as Well
The programme covers not only farms but also the entire processing chain, from slaughterhouses to storage and logistics.
Support is expected to focus on modernising slaughtering and deboning facilities, meat-processing plants, storage infrastructure and logistics. The programme also provides for wider use of automation and technologies for producing higher-value products.
Self-Sufficiency Falls from 64% to 46.1%
According to the figures cited in the report, the Czech Republic’s pork self-sufficiency rate stood at 46.1% in 2025. By comparison, it was 57% ten years earlier and around 64% in 2010.
Agriculture Minister Martin Šebestyán said that many pig farms are currently operating below the profitability threshold.
According to him, the government’s goal is to create an economically stable and competitive sector capable of meeting a larger share of domestic pork demand.
The main tools for achieving this are expected to include investment in modern technologies, digitalisation, innovation and stronger biosecurity both on farms and at processing facilities.
PigUA.info, based on materials from foodagribusiness.world