Energy consumption and CO 2 emissions analysis of potato production based on different farm size levels in Iran

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-191

  Pishgar Komleh, S H ^a   Ghahderijani, M ^b   Sefeedpari, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

CO 2 emission; Cobb Douglass; Energy usage; Energy use efficiency; Potato; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; COBB-DOUGLASS; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ENERGY CONSUMER; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; ENERGY USAGE; ENERGY-USE EFFICIENCY; FACE TO FACE; FARM SIZE; GHG EMISSION; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; POTATO; POTATO YIELD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEED ENERGY; SPECIFIC ENERGY; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIESEL FUELS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84862613509     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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