Energetic assessment of the agricultural production system. A review

J Hercher-Pasteur, E Loiseau, C Sinfort… - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2020 - Springer
Energy holds a key role in farm systems. Cultivation is based on the conversion of solar
energy into biomass of interest. Fossil energy allows mechanized and high-yield agricultural …

Prospects of solar systems in production chain of sunflower oil using cold press method with concentrating energy and life cycle assessment

A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, H Azadi, S Van Passel, Z Saber… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is determination of exergoenvironmental efficiency for using solar
technologies in sunflower oil production in Iran. Accordingly, the applications of photovoltaic …

Integration of artificial intelligence methods and life cycle assessment to predict energy output and environmental impacts of paddy production

A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, S Rafiee, SS Mohtasebi… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Prediction of agricultural energy output and environmental impacts play important role in
energy management and conservation of environment as it can help us to evaluate …

Weed problems, challenges, and opportunities in Iran

I Nosratti, P Sabeti, G Chaghamirzaee, H Heidari - Crop Protection, 2020 - Elsevier
Weeds are a serious threat to crop production in Iran as they reduce the yield of wheat,
barley, rice, maize, and chickpea on average by 23%, 21%, 35%, 20%, and 50 …

Exergoenvironmental-Life cycle cost analysis for conventional, low external input and organic systems of rice paddy production

Z Saber, M Esmaeili, H Pirdashti, A Motevali… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change, increasing energy demand, and fossil fuel constraints have led to many
plights regarding sustainable food and agricultural production. The purpose of this paper is …

An LCA-based environmental performance of rice production for develo** a sustainable agri-food system in Malaysia

SN Harun, MM Hanafiah, NIHA Aziz - Environmental management, 2021 - Springer
This study aims to assess the environmental impacts of conventional and organic rice
cultivations and proposes a sustainable conceptual framework of rice farming based on the …

Energy auditing and optimization approach for improving energy efficiency of rice cultivation in south-western Punjab, India

P Singh, G Singh, GPS Sodhi - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important energy intensive cereal crop in India. In the present
study, energy input and output were audited to optimize energy use in rice cultivation using …

Energy inputs and greenhouse gases emissions in wheat production in Gorgan, Iran

A Soltani, MH Rajabi, E Zeinali, E Soltani - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to analyze energy use and greenhouse gases (GHG)
emissions in various wheat production scenarios in north eastern Iran and to identify …

Comprehensive model of energy, environmental impacts and economic in rice milling factories by coupling adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and life cycle …

A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, S Rafiee, SS Mohtasebi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing energy demand, limited fossil fuel resources and effects of climate change,
lead to problems with regard to sustainability of production in food industry. Hence, this …

Joint life cycle assessment and data envelopment analysis for the benchmarking of environmental impacts in rice paddy production

A Mohammadi, S Rafiee, A Jafari, A Keyhani… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
The combined implementation of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) has been identified as a suitable tool for the evaluation of the environmental …