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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Water Use in the Canadian Food Processing Industry
Contributor:
Dupont, Diane;
Renzetti, Steven
Published:
Wiley, 1998
Published in:
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 46 (1998) 1, Seite 83-92
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/j.1744-7976.1998.tb00083.x
ISSN:
0008-3976;
1744-7976
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
A number of studies have examined water use at the farm level, but water use by food processing firms has received relatively little attention. In light of current concerns regarding water conservation, the objective of this paper is to bridge this gap in our understanding of water use in the agri‐food sector. Four aspects of water use (intake, treatment prior to use, recirculation and discharge) are examined for the Canadian food processing industry and three of its subsectors. Price and output elasticities are estimated using plant‐evel data from a 1991 survey of water‐using firms. Results indicate that all aspects of water use are sensitive to economic factors. Implications for government policies are identified.