Economic Analysis on Desalination Technology for Saline Agricultural Land on the Basis of Crop Production

Autor: Do-Hyung Kim, Chang-Mo Nam, Kitae Baek, Lee-Yul Kim, Jeong-Hee Choi
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment. 17:40-48
ISSN: 1598-6438
DOI: 10.7857/jsge.2012.17.5.040
Popis: In this study, economic analysis of five desalination technologies for saline agricultural land was carried out. The analysis was comprehensively evaluated by calculating changes in crop production and benefit/cost (B/C) ratio. The analysis of crop production was in the order of tomato > cucumber > a (musk) melon > watermelon > cabbage, and economical efficiency for desalination technology was in the order of soil exchange > soil addition > electrokinetics > under-drainage > subsoil reversal. In cost benefit analysis, B/C ratio was in the order of under-drainage > soil exchange > electrokinetics > soil addition > subsoil reversal, and all desalination technologies used in this study have the ratio higher than 1, which means economical efficiency was high. Based on the net production considering B/C ratio, the general economic analysis was exactly order from that of crop production analysis. As a result, economical efficiency of soil exchange was highest, and economical efficiency of soil addition and electrokinetic was relatively higher than others.
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