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Attempts experiments with pigs in Taiwan: a solution simple problems generated by the hog manure, pollution, odors and excessive use of drinking water hog. It simply tries to tame pigs for the animal into the habit of going to the toilet!
Having had some success, the government now wants all the barns adopt this practice to polish its environmental reputation, offering financial compensation and extolling the benefits of a less liquid manure that can be sold at higher prices.
On TV Reuters, the Environment Minister Stephen Shen of Taiwan said: "The pig feces as fertilizer is a very good approach in our efforts to green energy, much better than letting the manure is lost and pollute the rivers. And it would help much to reduce our CO2 emissions and combat climate change. "
The" toilet "is made of a series of metal bars at 20 cm above the floor of the building in a corner. Pigs walk between the bars and do what they have to do, and feces are concentrated in one place easy to clean. 
Minister of Environment has published three suggestions to help farmers handle their pigs: depositing feces on the bars because the pigs will follow the scent and clean the rest of the building so that the pigs are not raised to defecate and also allow time for the pigs to become familiar with the new arrangement. Chang Chung-Tu, the executive director of Long Kow Foods Enterprise which has a barn with pigs toilets in the west of the island, said that he not only gets the best price for his trained pig manure but its live longer, "Because we do not have to rinse the entire building with water, the pigs are less likely to catch diseases. This helped us to increase our survival rate of pigs from 70% to 90% "says Chang told Reuters Television in an interview at his farm.
He says he was able to increase its revenues through a slurry least diluted, so better, it sells to other farmers as fertilizer to T $ 250,000 ($ 8.636) per year instead of T $ 50,000.
If this is not enough to convince others to follow suit, the government is ready to help. "First, that farmers are willing à l'essayer, nous serions prêts à leur donner de l'aide financière." dit le ministre de l'environnement Shen.
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"Pig poo a pollution problem? Potty train a porker
Taiwan has been experimenting with a simple solution to the perennial problems of pollution, smell and excessive water use on pig farms: train the pigs to use a toilet.
After some encouraging results the government now wants all the island's pig farms to adopt the practice as it looks to burnish its green credentials, offering cash to farmers and pushing the benefits such as less watery manure that can be sold at higher prices.
"To use the pig waste as manure is a very good approach within the spirit of green energy, much better than just letting it go to waste and pollute river water," Stephen Shen, Taiwan's environment minister, told Reuters Television.
"And I think that can help us a lot in decreasing CO2 emissions and fighting global warming."
The "toilet" consists of a series of iron bars installed about 20 cm above the floor in the corner of the pen. Pigs step between the bars to go about their business, with the waste collected in a single, easy to clean spot.
If all the around six million pigs in Taiwan -- one for every four people -- used such toilets, the government estimates the around 180 million liters of water used per day in cleaning would fall by half.
The environment ministry has helpfully published three suggestion on how to toilet-train pigs: put some faeces in the cage as pigs will follow the smell; clean the rest of the pen so "the pigs are not misled to defecate outside the toilet" and let the pigs "become familiar with the new environment."
Chang Chung-Tou, general manager of Long Kow Foods Enterprise, a pig farm with toilets in the western Taiwan county of Yunlin, says not only does he get more for his manure, but his potty-trained porkers live longer.
"Because we don't need to flush the whole cage with water, the pigs are also less likely to catch colds. That helped us to raise the survival rate of our pigs from 70 to 90 percent," Chang told Reuters Television in an interview at the farm.
He said he has been able to increase income from the less-diluted, and therefore better quality, manure he sells to other farmers as fertilizer to more than T$250,000 ($8,636) a year from T$50,000.
If that is not incentive enough for others, the government will also help.
"As long as farmers are willing to try, we would give them financial aid," said environment minister Shen."
Excerpts from article written by Reuters published here:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41241243
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