Table 2.
Energy equivalents for input and output flows used for the different production systems of Goharkuh Agro-industrial complex in Taftan county, Iran.
| Input | Unit | Energy equivalent (MJ U−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Barley | Alfalfa | Cotton | Pistachio | ||
| Human labour | (h) | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.95 |
| Machinery | (h) | 62.7 | 62.7 | 62.7 | 62.7 | 62.7 |
| Fossil fuel and lubricant | (l) | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.8 |
| Electricity | (kwh) | 11.93 | 11.93 | 11.93 | 11.93 | 11.93 |
| Nitrogen fertiliser | (kg) | 66.14 | 66.14 | 66.14 | 66.14 | 66.14 |
| Phosphorus fertiliser | (kg) | 12.44 | 12.44 | 12.44 | 12.44 | 12.44 |
| Potash fertiliser | (kg) | 11.15 | 11.15 | 11.15 | 11.15 | 11.15 |
| Herbicide | (kg) or (l) | 238 | 120 | 120 | – | 238 |
| Fungicide | (kg) | 181.9 | 216 | – | – | 216 |
| Insecticide | (kg) | – | 101.2 | – | – | 101.2 |
| Aphicide | (l) | – | – | – | 101.2 | – |
| Pesticide | (l) | – | – | – | 101.2 | – |
| Micro fertiliser | (kg) | – | – | – | – | 120 |
| Manure | (ton) | – | – | – | – | 303.1 |
| Water for irrigation | (m3) | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 |
| Seed | (Kg) | 14.7 | 14.7 | 17.77 | 11.8 | 24.88 |
| Output (s) | ||||||
| Yield | (kg) | 14.7 | 14.7 | 17.77 | 11.8 | 24.88 |
| Straw | (kg) | 12.5 | 12.5 | – | – | – |