Energy and economic analysis of different seed corn harvesting systems in Iran

Energy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 469-476

  Pishgar Komleh, Seyyed Hassan ^a   Keyhani, Alireza ^a   Mostofi Sarkari, Mohammad Reza ^b   Jafari, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Combine; Economic analysis; Energy analysis; Plot harvester; Seed corn; Two stage harvesting system

Indexed keywords

COMBINES; COST ACCOUNTING; DIESEL FUELS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; SEED;

AVERAGE COST; AVERAGE ENERGY; BENEFIT COST RATIOS; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CORN PRODUCTION; COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY RATIO; HARVESTING SYSTEM; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; TOTAL ENERGY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY; HARVESTING; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MAIZE; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEED;

ALBORZ; IRAN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861780361     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.03.040     Document Type: Article

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