Energy use and sensitivity analysis of energy inputs for alfalfa production in Iran

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-89

  Mobtaker, Hassan Ghasemi ^a   Akram, Asadollah ^a   Keyhani, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Cobb Douglas; Energy; Modeling; Sensitivity of energy

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; MACHINERY; MODELS;

ALFALFA; COBB-DOUGLAS; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ENERGY; PARTIAL REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; PUMPING SYSTEMS; RANDOM SAMPLING METHOD; SENSITIVITY OF ENERGY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALFALFA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY USE; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HAMADAN; IRAN;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84858337805     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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