Energy survey of mechanized and traditional rice production system in Mazandaran Province of Iran

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2565-2570

  Cherati, Fazlollah Eskandari ^a   Bahrami, Hoshang ^b   Asakereh, Abbas ^c  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b University of Ahvaz   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Energy productivity; Energy ratio; Mechanization; Net energy gain; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052825684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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