IntroductIon

Hog production from April to June 2022 was recorded at 418.40 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This indicates an
annual increase of 3.0 percent relative to its previous year’s level of 406.07 thousand metric tons, liveweight. Central
Visayas was the top producer of hog during the quarter with 57.43 thousand metric tons, liveweight or 13.7 percent share,
(psa.gov.ph). And the poultry industry, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), from 2009 to 2018, there
was a 40% increase in the demand for dressed chicken – from 1 million MT to 1.4 million MT. PSA also stated a 4%
increase in chicken egg outcome in the year 2020 compared to 2019 chicken egg outcome – from 583,234 MT to 605,78
MT. The country’s chicken layer population expanded by 4.19% from 41.202 million birds to 42.928 million,
(Pilmico,2020). Our piggery and poultry in the Philippines are prosper and beneficial but there are some problems and
complications to us residents.
Farms are powerful sources of environmental pollution. Annually, billions of cubic meters of water vapour , carbon
dioxide, ammonia, hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of hydrogen sulfide, tens of thousands of tons of dust, and
pathogenic microflora are released from the premises of livestock farms in Russia. According to Belarusian scientists, the
Sozh pig complex in the Gomel region for 108 thousand pigs emits 56 kg of ammonia and 15-20 kg of dust into the
atmosphere in 1 hour, and unpleasant odours spread to a distance of 5 km (Samarin, 2021). Meanwhile, in the Angeles
City Pampanga, Philippines,the foul odor emanating from 13 large-scale and 43 backyard poultry and hog farms worsens
when it rains, and has been a problem since the 1970’s. Late last year, civil society organizations, the church and
residents mounted a protest against the smelly industry, to no avail. Backyard pig raising is a common economic activity
among households in the rural barangays of Batangas province. Results reveal that involvement of the sampled owners in
backyard both by decreasing the production cost and increasing the price for their products. However, results reveal that
there are still issues and problems in the backyard pig raising that need to be dealt with by the cooperative. One notable
issue Is the cooperative’s failure to provide all its member-raisers with complete access to limited production inputs.
Second, lack of knowledge in handling pig waste. The smell will continually spread across the street and baranggays
causing them disturbance and diseases.
Furthermore, as to foul odor, Paje suggested poultry and hog raisers to frequently clean their area to contain animal
manure and minimize odor. Studies showed that livestock houses are one of the sources of particulate matter (PM), a kind
of pollution that is small enough to be suspended in the atmosphere. PM is made up of a number of components including
acids, organic chemicals, metals, solid or dust particles which when inhaled can affect the heart and lungs. Aside from
PM, livestock farms emit gases such as ammonia, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide which contribute to global
warming and are dangerous to human health. Likewise, livestock production impacts the surrounding environment
through surface and ground water contamination, air quality, and unpleasant odors emitted from the farms (DENR). The
residents complaints about the polluted air and stinky smell coming from the pig/chicken waste. It causes diarrhea to
others. It is possible that the animal waste can mix and pollute the water, how? Example, in Talumpok, this area expect
water from a spring that came from rivers and stream. A stream can be flowed and mixed by pig/chicken waste. If not
acknowledge the said problem as soon as possible. Loss of appetite, why? Sometimes, this can be a problem too because
whenever they are eating then they suddenly smells the unpleasant smell coming from animal waste, they'll probably lose
their appetite.
Biofiltration can reduce odor and hydrogen sulfide emissions from livestock facilities by as much as 95% and
ammonia by 65% (Nicolai & Janni,2000) This method of odor control has been shown to be both economical and
effective in swine raising systems. Biofilters are most easily adapted to mechanically ventilated buildings or on the pit
fans of naturally ventilated buildings. Biofilters can also treat air vented from under manure storage covers.But in our
community, there’s a lot of resources that can be used as an alternative and being a budget friendly product for eliminating
odor from piggeries and poultry and a raw material for making an activated charcoal. And for the sand, the researchers
can use the scrap or raw sands coming from the different construction sites. By that, the researchers can get it for free. The
use of activated charcoal can help in fighting the strong odor or smell. It is a form of carbon that has a very large surface.
The odors and impurities are held to the surfaced with Van der Waals forces. The capability of removing notable amounts
of these impurities or odors is thanks to the extraordinarily large surface of the activated charcoal. Sand would absorb
odors, too, but only through surface absorption, which, because it is not a chemical reaction, would not be as through as
absorption as baking soda.
 As a result, the researchers found a way that can eliminate the odor coming from the piggeries and poultry by using
the activated charcoal and sand. By making a powdered solution out of activated charcoal and sand, they can solve this
certain problem. And also, the researchers want to help in reducing the case of having a diarrhea, loss of appetite, and to
reduce the pollution in air and water.

References

 Gennady Samarin:https:/o rcid.org/0000- 0002-4972-8647

 https://www.google.com/amp/s/sg.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/blogs/the-inbox/farms-stench-still-issue-
pampanga-123153067.html
 Denr.gov.ph
 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp
 https://porkgateway.org