Applying data envelopment analysis approach to improve energy efficiency and reduce GHG (greenhouse gas) emission of wheat production

Energy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 588-593

  Khoshnevisan, Benyamin ^a   Rafiee, Shahin ^a   Omid, Mahmoud ^a   Mousazadeh, Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

DEA; GHG emission; Technical efficiency; Wheat production

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION;

DEA; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; GHG EMISSION; PURE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCIES; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WHEAT PRODUCTION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84881090245     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.06.030     Document Type: Article

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