Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8071901 | Energy | 2018 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
Main objectives of this study were to define total amount of input usage and do the economic comparison of wheat and sunflower production in Thrace Region in Turkey and to determine the energy equivalent of these inputs. The data of this study was collected by survey method which was carried out face to face with 169 wheat and sunflower producers in Thrace Region. The total energy inputs in wheat and sunflower production were determined to be 23,231â¯MJâ¯haâ1 and 10,139â¯MJâ¯haâ1 and based on the energy output, it was noticed that energy outputs in wheat (including straw) and sunflower production were determined to be 81,720â¯MJ and 38,250â¯MJ, respectively. Energy use efficiency, energy productivity, specific energy and net energy in wheat production were calculated as 3.52, 0.19â¯kgâ¯MJâ1, 5.16â¯MJâ¯kgâ1 and 58,489â¯MJâ¯haâ1 respectively in wheat production and 3.77, 0.15â¯kgâ¯MJâ1, 6.63â¯MJâ¯kgâ1 and 28,111â¯MJâ¯haâ1 respectively in sunflower production. Benefit-cost ratios were calculated as 1.20 for wheat and 1.02 for sunflower, by dividing the gross value of production by the total cost of production per hectare in wheat and sunflower production.
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Authors
Gökhan Unakıtan, BaÅak Aydın,