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- Title
Does energy efficiency increase with orchard size? A case study from peach production.
- Authors
Gündoğmuş, Erdemir
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to explain the relationship between orchard size and energy efficiency in the case of peach production carried out by households. The data were obtained from 118 peach orchards that were classified into four groups, including orchards less than 0.5, 0.5-1.0, 1.0-2.0 and larger than 2.0 ha, by using stratified random sampling method. The total energy requirement for peach production on average was 36,284.51 MJ ha. Total energy input use decreases as orchard size increases; however, it is minimal in group III. Fertilizer energy was the largest energy input, followed by diesel oil and pesticides for all groups.
- Subjects
TURKEY; ENERGY consumption; ENERGY consumption &; economics; ORCHARD management; PEACH; ENERGY economics; HARVESTING
- Publication
Energy Efficiency (1570646X), 2014, Vol 7, Issue 5, p833
- ISSN
1570-646X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12053-014-9258-6