ورقة بحثية
Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency = تحليل كفاءة استخدام الطاقة لانتاج محصول الخيار في بركاء، عمان

Al-Mezeini. Nawal Khamis.


 

Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency = تحليل كفاءة استخدام الطاقة لانتاج محصول الخيار في بركاء، عمان

Al-Mezeini. Nawal Khamis.

Sustainable agricultural production could be assessed through energy-use efficiency (EUE). Thus, this paper aims to evaluate the EUE for cucumber greenhouse production in Oman. Data were obtained by interviewing farmers (face-to-face). Result indicated that total energy inputs (e.g. electricity, water, fertilizers and agrochemicals) and total energy output (cucumber yield) were 1159726.0 MJ ha-1 and 89942.9 MJ ha-1, respectively. The highest energy consuming input in the greenhouse production was electricity, consuming 88% of total energy input. This indicates that electricity had again the highest impact in cucumber greenhouse production and 99% of electricity goes for cooling the greenhouse. When all energy inputs were classified into its forms; direct (D) and indirect (ID), and renewable (R) and non-renewable (NR), the highest portion of total energy forms in greenhouse cucumber production was for D and NR energy. The EUE and energy productivity (EP) were found to be 0.07 and 0.10 kg MJ-1, respectively. Energy use in greenhouse cucumber production was inefficient and solar energy need to be implemented to improve cucumber greenhouse sustainability production.

Sustainable agricultural production could be assessed through energy-use efficiency (EUE). Thus, this paper aims to evaluate the EUE for cucumber greenhouse production in Oman. Data were obtained by interviewing farmers (face-to-face). Result indicated that total energy inputs (e.g. electricity, wat...

مادة فرعية

المؤلف : Al-Mezeini. Nawal Khamis.

مؤلف مشارك : Al Ismaili, Abdulrahim M
Tabook, Said M

بيانات النشر : Muscat، Sultanate of Oman : Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences، 2019مـ.

التصنيف الموضوعي : العلوم التطبيقية|الزراعة .

المواضيع : Cucumber - Sultanate of Oman.

الخيار - سلطنة عمان.

رقم الطبعة : 1

المصدر : Sultan Qaboos University : Muscat، Sultanate of Oman.

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