Energy balance in Iran's agronomy (1990-2006)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 849-855

  Beheshti Tabar, Iman ^a   Keyhani, Alireza ^a   Rafiee, Shaheen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Energy analysis; Energy ratio; Field crops; Input output; Iran

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY PARAMETERS; ENERGY RATIO; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FIELD CROPS; INPUT ENERGY; INPUT-OUTPUT; MEAN ENERGY; NET ENERGY; NON-RENEWABLE; OUTPUT ENERGY; OUTPUT LEVELS; POSITIVE VALUE; TOTAL ENERGY;

AGRONOMY; CROPS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 72049113592     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.10.024     Document Type: Review

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