Title : Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) process for agricultural and horticultural processes - Case study as ginning of Indian seed-cotton (or kapas)
Abstract:
In this research, investigations are provided in context to entitled “Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) Process for Agricultural and Horticultural Process-Case Study is Ginning of Indian Seed-Cotton (or Kapas)”. The EHIA process for agriculture and horticulture has to protect the environmental health. Three of the significant terms while complying with the requirements of agricultural and horticultural process are “environmental health inventory”, “environmental health impact assessment process”, and “environment health impact statement”. EHIAs of sustainable design of roller gin rollers for seed-cotton (or kapas) ginning were investigated undertaken in order to protect environmental health. The purpose of the EHIA process is to encourage the consideration of the environmental health in seed-cotton ginning organizational planning and decision-making process. Historically, the choice of proposed projects, policies, plans, programs, permits, procedures or legislations was primarily based on only one criterion called economic viability. It is required to consider three criteria of economic, environmental and social viabilities. Agricultural and horticultural project planning and decision-making should include the integrative consideration of technical, economic, environmental, ethical and social factors. Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) process is systematic identification and evaluation of potential environmental health effects of proposed agricultural and horticultural projects, plans, programs, policies, plans or legislative actions relative to the physicalchemical, biological, cultural and socio-economic components of the total environmental health.
Steps to Conduct Environmental Health Impact Assessment:
Step-1: Identification of quantity and quality characteristics of concerned environmental
health of proposed project.
Step-2: Preparation of description of existing environmental health conditions.
Step-3: Procurement of relevant environmental health quantity and quality standards.
Step-4: Environmental health impact predictions,
Step-5: Assessment of environmental health impact significance,
Step-6: Identification and incorporation environmental health mitigation measures.
Conduct of Environmental Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) Study and check;
1. Prediction and assessment of impacts on surface water environmental health,
2. Prediction and assessment of impacts on soil and ground environment,
3. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the air environment,
4. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the noise environment,
5. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the biochemical environment,
6. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the biophysical chemical environment,
7. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the radioactive environment,
8. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the ecological environment,
9. Prediction and assessment of impacts on the visual environment,
10. Prediction and assessment of impacts on cultural environment,
11. Prediction and assessment of impacts on archaeological environment,
12. Prediction and assessment of impacts on architectural environment
13. Prediction and assessment of impacts on historical environment
14. Prediction and assessment of impacts on anthropological environment
15. Prediction and assessment of impacts on socio-economic environment.
Keywords: Agriculture, Seed-Cotton, Environment, Health, Horticulture, Impact, Medical
