Table 3.
Amounts of inputs, output and energy inputs and output for the different production systems of Goharkuh Agro-industrial complex in Taftan county, Iran.
| Inputs | Unit | Quantity per unit area (ha) |
Total energy equivalent (MJ ha−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Barley | Alfalfa | Cotton | Pistachio | Wheat | Barley | Alfalfa | Cotton | Pistachio | ||
| Human labour | (h) | 150 | 150 | 213 | 310 | 475 | 292.5 | 292.5 | 415.35 | 604.5 | 926.25 |
| Machinery | (h) | 36 | 36 | 83 | 43 | 41 | 2257.2 | 2257.2 | 5204.1 | 2696.1 | 2570.7 |
| Fossil fuel and lubricant | (l) | 284 | 284 | 735.5 | 315 | 301 | 13575.2 | 13575.2 | 35156.9 | 15057 | 14387.8 |
| Electricity | (kwh) | 330.5 | 374.4 | 465.5 | 512 | 268.7 | 3942.86 | 4466.59 | 5553.41 | 6108.16 | 3205.59 |
| Nitrogen fertiliser | (kg) | 300 | 250 | 50 | 350 | 350 | 19842 | 16535 | 3307 | 23149 | 23149 |
| Phosphorus fertiliser | (kg) | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 1866 | 1866 | 1866 | 1866 | 1244 |
| Potash fertiliser | (kg) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 1115 | 1115 | 1115 | 1115 | 557.5 |
| Herbicide | (kg) or (l) | 0.25 | 0.25 | 2 | – | – | 59.5 | 30 | 240 | – | – |
| Fungicide | (kg) | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | – | – | 90.95 | 108 | – | – | – |
| Insecticide | (kg) | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 101 | – | – | 101.2 |
| Aphicide | (l) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 101.2 | – |
| Pesticide | (l) | – | – | – | 0.25 | – | – | – | – | 25.3 | – |
| Micro fertiliser | (kg) | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 360 |
| Manure | ton | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 303.1 |
| Water for irrigation | (m3) | 207 | 155 | 138 | 241 | 164 | 211.14 | 158.1 | 140.76 | 245.82 | 167.28 |
| Seed | (Kg) | 250 | 180 | 65 | 25 | 250 | 3675 | 2646 | 1155.05 | 295 | 6220 |
| Total energy input (MJ) | 46927.35 | 43150.59 | 54153.57 | 51263.08 | 53192.42 | ||||||
| Output (s) | |||||||||||
| Yield | (kg) | 3200 | 4000 | 7000 | 2700 | 1200 | 47040 | 58800 | 124390 | 31860 | 29856 |
| Straw | (kg) | 2000 | 2000 | – | – | – | 25000 | 25000 | – | – | – |
| Total energy output (MJ) | 72040 | 83800 | 124390 | 31860 | 29856 | ||||||
Energy content was assigned to the pesticides by equating it to the energy content of their active ingredients.