Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands

Vivekananda Mukherjee and Gautam Gupta ()

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Abstract: The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. [Working Paper, No 62 - 11]. URL:[http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/939_PUB_WP_62_Gautam_Vivek.pdf].

Keywords: irrigation; east Kolkata; rice; Cultivation; Waste-Water Irrigation; Wetlands; Toxicity; Profitability; sample; design; Regression Analysis; soil; pH; Heavy Metals; canal water; hectare; pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-12
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