Livestock farming is one of that sector that is often neglected when talking about potential sources of air pollution. The rising demand for food, especially form livestock production, has elicited great concerns over their negative environmental impacts. In different parts of the world, animal production is highly concentrated and is expanding rapidly. Not only are there more animals in the farms, but the farms themselves are becoming more specialized, consequently increasing their environmental load which doesn't exclude air contamination. Aerial pollutants generated by the animal farms affect the quality of the local atmospheric air, the neighborhood, and the health of both animals and workers. The concentrations of air pollutants are influenced by the design of the housing systems and their ventilation rate, as well as animal waste management practices.

Housing systems are a very common feature in concentrated and intensive livestock cultivation such as piggery and poultry farming. In order to limited the local atmospheric pollution, it is important for farmers to take into consideration the installation air filters such as; biofilters, air scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, settling chambers and odour control systems when setting up a farm. 

The manner in which the animal waste is being managed should be taken into account due to it potential of releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The production of heat, electricity, biogas from this will not only reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere but will limit the dependence on non renewable energy sources, controls odour, product of high quality compost fertilizer and will also act as a great source of income.