Trade-off between economic efficiency and contamination by Coffee Processing : a bioeconomic model at the watershed level in Honduras
In honduras, traditional coffee processing is the cause of two problems: poor coffee quality and contaminated water. In this study we propose to replace traditional coffee processing plants with a network of improved ecological plants that would be optimally located in a sub-watershed. The method is an adaptation of a spatial integer linear programming that determines the optimal location and size of new coffee processing plants. We applied the method to a typical subwatershed in the hillsides of western Honduras and show that coffee quality can be improved and contamination can be reduced substantially at a lower cost.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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| Subjects: | P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion, Q02 - Traitement et conservation des produits alimentaires, Q03 - Contamination et toxicologie alimentaires, café, environnement, qualité de l'eau, modèle mathématique, traitement, coût, gestion des eaux, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1731, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2593, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16061, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24199, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6195, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1922, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8320, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3651, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/515144/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/515144/1/document_515144.pdf |
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