Energy Consumption Analysis for SANGYOD Rice Production

The main aims of this study were to analysis the production factor and energy consumption for SANGYOD rice production. Case study area was in Phatthalung provinces. The rice production process comprised soil preparation, plantation, cultural practice, harvest and milling. During these processes, several factors have been determined including labour, working time, agricultural machine, fuel, seed, fertilizer, chemical substance and paddy yield. The field data were changed to the energy consumption per production area (MJ/Rai) by using energy equivalent value. It was found that the average energy consumption for SANGYOD rice production was 3,152.03 MJ/Rai (1 Rai = 1,600 m2). The majority part of energy is from agriculture machinery of 1,959.28 MJ/Rai and following by the energy from fuel, fertilizer, seed, chemical substance, labour and organic fertilizer with 620.45, 378.91, 150.46, 24.20, 13.05 and 5.68 MJ/Rai respectively. Soil preparation process is the highest energy consumption with 43% of total energy consumption.