Role of science in the development of hog breeding in Russia
The role of hog breeding in the solution of the problem of providing the population with full-value food products is difficult to overestimate. All over the world pork occupies more than 39 % in the meat balance, and in Europe its portion is equal to 48,7 %. In Russia hog population reduced from 38,3 million head in 1990 to slightly more than 16 million head in 2007. This led to the serious country dependence on the import of meat. Realization of tasks, touched in the article, is the important aspect of the progressive branch development.