Exploring energy consumption and CO 2 emission of cotton production in Iran

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION; COTTON PRODUCTION; COTTON YIELD; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; ENERGY RATIO; ENERGY USE; FACE TO FACE; GHG EMISSION; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; TOTAL ENERGY;

BIOCIDES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COTTON; DIESEL FUELS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84863502159     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4727906     Document Type: Article

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