| Investigation of energy and environmental indicators in the production of cherry and walnut in Tehran province |
| Paper ID : 1173-NICAME1402 |
| Authors: |
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Majid Rasouli *1, Hassan Ghasemi-Mobtaker2, Saeid Haji Khodavsrdi Khan3 1Biosystem Engineering Department, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran 2Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 3Department of Biosystem Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran |
| Abstract: |
| The largest source of food production is the agriculture sector, which is also known as a consumer and an energy supplier. As a result, the primary products of Lavasanat city in Tehran province—including cherries and walnuts—were examined in this study in terms of energy consumption patterns and environmental effects related to the use of agricultural inputs. The environmental burdens generated by these products were calculated using their life cycle assessments. According to the study's findings, producing cherries and walnuts in the Lavasanat region needed 14256.89 and 12677.41 MJ/ha of total energy, respectively. The study's findings indicated that the biggest proportion of energy was consumed by chemical fertilizers, which consumed 34.35% and 92.50% of the total energy used in the production of cherry and walnut, respectively. Additionally, nitrogen fertilizer consumed the most energy when compared to other chemical fertilizers. Cherry and walnut energy ratios were 1.67 and 10.19, respectively. In this study, the average index of damage to resource access for the production of one ton of cherries and walnuts is 20.90 and 91.19 USD in 2013, respectively, according to the results of the life cycle assessment. The outcomes also demonstrated that direct emissions are what had the biggest impacts on ecological and human health indicators for both goods. |
| Keywords: |
| Horticultural products, energy indicators, irrigation systems, life cycle assessment |
| Status : Paper Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
