Investigating the Energy Consumption and Economic Indices for Sweet-Cherry and Sour-Cherry Production in Northeastern Iran
Journal Title: Journal of Agricultural Machinery - Year 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the energy consumption and production costs of sweet-cherry and sour-cherry in Northeastern Iran. Required data were collected from 75 sweet-cherry and 42 sour-cherry producers. The total energy inputs in sweet-cherry and sour-cherry production were estimated as 37.76 and 31.03 GJha-1, respectively. The energy efficiency of sweet-cherry production was greater than sour-cherry production. Chemical fertilizers and diesel fuel were the most highly consumed energies in both crops. The higher share of non-renewable energies consumed to produce sweet-cherry than sour-cherry revealed that sweet-cherry production was more dependent on non-renewable sources compared with the sour-cherry production. The economic analysis revealed that production costs for sweet-cherry were higher than sour-cherry but sweet-cherry was more profitable than sour-cherry because of premium prices for sweet-cherry. The modeling results showed that the human labor input had the most impact on costs of both crops. As a consequence, the main practical solutions could be saving in diesel fuel and fertilizer management, which could more properly overcome economic and energy problems in the two crops.
Authors and Affiliations
R. Vahid-Berimanlou,F. Nadi,
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.22067/jam.v11i1.83466
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