Energy use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions of farming systems in north Iran

A Mohammadi, S Rafiee, A Jafari, A Keyhani… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Efficient use of energy resources in crop production is an important goal in sustainable
agriculture. This study compares the energy flow in farming systems across farm size with …

A comparative study of irrigation techniques for energy flow and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in wheat agroecosystems under contrasting environments in south …

M Jamali, S Soufizadeh, B Yeganeh, Y Emam - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The agriculture sector in general and irrigation, in particular, can be a major emitter of
greenhouse gases and can contribute to global climate change. Most studies dealing with …

Multi-objective optimization of energy use and environmental emissions for walnut production using imperialist competitive algorithm

M Khanali, A Akram, J Behzadi, F Mostashari-Rad… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the agricultural sector is an important source of bioenergy production, this
production can be considered sustainable when energy consumed and environmental …

Do agricultural activities induce carbon emissions? The BRICS experience

D Balsalobre-Lorente, OM Driha, FV Bekun… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
This study investigates the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa (BRICS) over the period 1990–2014, while considering …

Machine learning models of exergoenvironmental damages and emissions social cost for mushroom production

A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, H Ghasemi-Mobtaker, M Salehi… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Applying conventional methods for prediction of environmental impacts in agricultural
production is not actually applicable because they usually ignore other aspects such as …

[HTML][HTML] Energy audit and management of environmental GHG emissions based on multi-objective genetic algorithm and data envelopment analysis: An agriculture …

N Taherzadeh-Shalmaei, M Rafiee, A Kaab, M Khanali… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to address the challenges of energy consumption and environmental
emissions in the mushroom production sector through an energy audit analysis and life …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of Water-Energy-Food Nexus considering CO2 emissions from cropland: A case study in northwest Iran

MH Saray, A Baubekova, A Gohari, SS Eslamian… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus and CO 2 emissions for a farm in northwest Iran
were analyzed to provide data support for decision-makers formulating national strategies in …

Artificial neural networks and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system in energy modeling of agricultural products

A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, S Rafiee… - Predictive modelling for …, 2021 - Elsevier
The expected yield of agricultural production is a significant factor in energy management,
because it can help us in an operation like detecting and diagnosing faults, conducting …

Optimization of energy consumption for soybean production using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach

SH Mousavi-Avval, S Rafiee, A Jafari, A Mohammadi - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study a non-parametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to
estimate the energy efficiencies of soybean producers based on eight energy inputs …

Energy optimization and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation for agricultural and horticultural systems in Northern Iran

F Mostashari-Rad, A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, F Soheilifard… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to comprehensively optimize energy usage and determine
mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agricultural and horticultural crops of …