Energy-use pattern and carbon footprint of rain-fed watermelon production in Iran

Information Processing in Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 69-75

  Mohammadi Barsari, Allahyar ^a   Firouzi, Saeed ^a   Aminpanah, Hashem ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agricultural environmental impacts; Energy modeling; Greenhouse gas emissions; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; DIESEL FUELS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MACHINERY; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; ENERGY MODEL; ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY; ENERGY USE INDICES (EUI); ENERGY USE PATTERNS; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 85016934315     PISSN: 22143173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inpa.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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