ECONOMICS OF RECYCLING SOME PLANT WASTES TO REDUCE THE FEED GAP AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. CASE STUDY IN GHARBIA GOVERNORATE | ||
| Journal of Environmental Science | ||
| Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 849-869 PDF (622.8 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jes.2024.252723.1685 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mustafa A. Aboeita* 1; Abdallah M. Abdelmaqsoud* 2; Taha A. M. Abdelrazeq* 3; Walaa O. A. Abd El Hady* 1 | ||
| 1Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Department of Agricultural Economics,Faculty of Agriculture- Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Department of Basic Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Environmental Research, Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research generally aimed to identify the importance of benefiting from agricultural plant wastes (secondary products), as well as searching for the best economic and environmental methods and methods to deal with these agricultural plant wastes. To achieve this goal, it is through study the development of the quantity of the most important agricultural plant wastes (secondary products) and their relative importance, and also to study some economic and productivity indicators for these wastes, as well as to study the geographical distribution of plant wastes at the level of the Republic, and also to suggest places to establish units and factories to recycle agricultural plant wastes. As well as studying the methods and approaches followed by farmers, through the study sample, in dealing well with agricultural plant waste. The research relied on primary data from a sample of farmers in Gharbia Governorate in the 2020/2021 season to learn ways to recycle plant waste and study the problems and obstacles that farmers face when recycling agricultural plant waste, as well as the problems and obstacles that farmers face when storing agricultural plant waste for the waste of the study crops, and the results Surveying the opinions of respondents about their knowledge of environmental pollution and its harm to human health, and solutions and proposals for the safe disposal of agricultural plant waste. To reduce pollution and create a clean environment, both at the level of farmers and at the level of concerned agencies. The economic return from recycling rice straw, the profitability of the pound, the net return from recycling rice straw waste, the weighted average of the net return resulting from recycling a ton of rice straw, the marginal costs and their connection to total production, the total costs and average costs in the case of rice straw recycling in pounds per ton, and the optimal volume of production were estimated. Recycling rice straw waste. The economic return from recycling a ton of maize stover was estimated, calculating the pound’s profitability, the net return for the product of recycling a ton of corn stover, the weighted average of the net return resulting from recycling a ton of corn stover, marginal costs and their connection to total production, total costs, and average costs in The case of recycling a ton of Levantine corn stover, and estimating the optimal volume of production of Levantine corn stover recycling based on the data of questionnaire forms for the case study in Gharbia Governorate in the 2020/2021 season. The difference between the averages of actual production and the optimal production at the level of rice straw tenure categories was also estimated, and the difference Between the averages of actual production and optimal production at the level of the ownership categories of Levantine corn stover in Gharbia Governorate during the 2020/2021 agricultural season. The research recommended expanding the recycling of plant waste from the study crops (rice, maize, wheat, cotton, peanuts) to obtain an economic return to improve the livelihood of farmers and not burn it to reduce environmental pollution. As well as processing available corn stover and rice straw into unconventional fodder to contribute to reducing the deficit of concentrated fodder by approximately nationwide. Keywords: Environmental Impacts, Plant Waste, Agricultural Waste Recycling, Cost Functions. | ||
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| Keywords: Environmental Impacts; Plant Waste; Agricultural Waste Recycling; Cost Functions | ||
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