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Background
This
research paper is about quantifying the agriculture plastics wastes (APW)
produced due to the agriculture using the Mapping process, as plastic is used
for increasing the productivity of agriculture products and speed up the
agriculture process. Pollution generated due to manufacture of plastic in
industry and when dispose after used in agriculture process. The intensity of
plastic usage depends on the type of agriculture crops. So intend research is need to manage the APW
and used it as a secondary raw material instead of disposing.
The
Mapping of terrain is required to visualize the Plastic usage in agriculture field.
The mapping process has been used to design the Geo-reference database. A dedicated geo-referenced database
was designed using land use maps in a GIS environment and applying a
methodology that can be functional for any kind of agricultural plastic waste.
Mapping process/methodology
The applied
methodology is summarized in the following steps:
·
Preparation
of the base map suitable to be managed in ArcMap according to the specific
research purpose;
·
Selection
and highlighting on the land use map of the crops generating plastic wastes;
·
Detection
of the land use with respect to the different typologies of plastics used in
the area;
·
Creation
of a geo-database summarizing the complete information on the agricultural
plastic waste;
·
Database
validation;
·
Attribution
of indicators of plastic production for each crop in the land;
·
Quantitative
evaluation of agricultural plastic waste;
·
Realization
of the APW maps.
The base map of Apulia was geo
processed the territorial analysis was done which cover the usage of plastic,
type of plastic and the various agriculture product using plastic. Map was
updated with given information to be processed by GIS and then this GIS map was
used to generate the results. The results were cross check though field
inspection.
Results and Discussion
A dedicated
geo-referenced database was created by using the base map material in a GIS.
The area of study incorporates
the land of Trani for an area of 987 ha, the land of Barletta for an area of
503 ha and the land of Andria for an area of 10 ha
Crop
Distribution In The Study Area
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Vineyards
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Olive
trees
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Arable land (cereals and vegetables).
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47%
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30%
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11%
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APW per
cultivated area and per year is about 250 tonnes, of which the largest
contribution, accounting for 63%, is obtained from the plastic covers of the
vineyards and 35% is due to irrigation pipes of all the irrigated crops
(vineyards, olive trees, vegetables, orchards).
Three Maps
created for the Agriculture field
1. The Land Use map for agriculture
2. The distribution of the amount of
plastic waste deriving from irrigation pipes
3. The distribution of the amount of
plastic waste deriving from covering films and nets
Reference:
Mapping of agriculture plastic waste. Giuliano Vox et al. / Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 8 ( 2016 ) 583 – 591.
Review by,
Kamran ullah Khan
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