Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Economic assessment of tank silt in terms of fertilizer equivalent of Latur and Osmanabad district in Maharashtra
Author(s): Patil NM, Vaidya PH, Ingole AJ, Lokhande PB, Jadhav LS, Padghan AD, Aundhakar AV, Patil PP and Kadam DV
Abstract: The present investigation entitled “Economic assessment of tank silt and tank silt hybridized soils of Latur and Osmanabad district†were carried out to study the total nutrients status of already collected tank silt samples from 25 different tanks (0-150 cm depth). The data of tank silt uplifted from different tanks during 2012-16 were collected. The economic valuations of tank silt in term of fertilizer equivalent in rupees were carried out. The total recycles of tank silt in study area varied from 2470 to 2632905.6 ton. Total quantity of tank silt uplifted from twenty five selected tanks of Osmanabad and Latur District was about 98,66,558.1 tons during 2012-2016. The total cost incurred for removal of tank silt and its application on farmer field total amount Rs. 68,70,92,509. The fertilizer equivalent of recycle of tank silt of all selected twenty five tanks in study area was found to be Rs. 54,45,74,34,104. The B: C ratio of total nutrients returned to farmer field varies from 68.24 to 119.64 with an average value 79.99. This showed that the fertilizer equivalent cost was found to be very high than the cost incurred for tank silt hybridization on farmers field. From above results it is concluded that the tank silt desilted from water tanks and hybridized in agriculture field appears to be an economical viable option for returning the essential nutrients in soil.
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Patil NM, Vaidya PH, Ingole AJ, Lokhande PB, Jadhav LS, Padghan AD, Aundhakar AV, Patil PP, Kadam DV. Economic assessment of tank silt in terms of fertilizer equivalent of Latur and Osmanabad district in Maharashtra. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):1188-1192.
