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Economic Analysis of Sago Effluents and its Impact on Agriculture Production


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1 Dept. of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore–24, India
2 Dept. of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 46, India
 

Objectives: This paper is to examine the effect of sago industrial effluents and its impact on agriculture production to has negative effects on crop health and the environment.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: Production function method was used to measure the agriculture production damage costs due to sago industrial pollution by adopting stratified sampling technique. Both qualitative and quantitative types of data have analyzed to achieve the objectives. Multiple regression analysis has used to find out the relationship between effect of sago effluents and agriculture production in Salem district of Tamil Nadu.

Findings: Higher concentrations of water pollutants and increase in environmental unwell near the sago industry prevails. It also leads to losses in agricultural production. Thus pollution by sago industries can affect living conditions in polluted areas.

Application/Improvements: So it can be suggested as either the installed CETPs are not treating the effluents or the area needs more effluent treatment plants for the treatment. There is need for cooperation between the different sago industries and other stakeholder so that they can be able to learn from each other’s experience for improved environment, agriculture production, management of the ground water and water bodies.


Keywords

Economic Analysis, Sago Effluents, Impact on Agriculture Production, Damage Cost and Common Effluent Treatment Plant.
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Authors

P. Periyasamy
Dept. of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore–24, India
K. Govindarajalu
Dept. of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 46, India

Abstract


Objectives: This paper is to examine the effect of sago industrial effluents and its impact on agriculture production to has negative effects on crop health and the environment.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: Production function method was used to measure the agriculture production damage costs due to sago industrial pollution by adopting stratified sampling technique. Both qualitative and quantitative types of data have analyzed to achieve the objectives. Multiple regression analysis has used to find out the relationship between effect of sago effluents and agriculture production in Salem district of Tamil Nadu.

Findings: Higher concentrations of water pollutants and increase in environmental unwell near the sago industry prevails. It also leads to losses in agricultural production. Thus pollution by sago industries can affect living conditions in polluted areas.

Application/Improvements: So it can be suggested as either the installed CETPs are not treating the effluents or the area needs more effluent treatment plants for the treatment. There is need for cooperation between the different sago industries and other stakeholder so that they can be able to learn from each other’s experience for improved environment, agriculture production, management of the ground water and water bodies.


Keywords


Economic Analysis, Sago Effluents, Impact on Agriculture Production, Damage Cost and Common Effluent Treatment Plant.

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