Energy analysis of agroecosystems seems to be a promising approach to assess environmental problems and their relations to sustainability. The aim of the present study was to compare bean, lentil, irrigated and dryland chickpea farms in terms of energy efficiency, energy productivity, benefit to...

Current conventional agricultural systems using intensive energy has to be re-vitalized by new integrated approaches relying on renewable energy resources, which can allow farmers to stop depending on fossil resources. The aim of the present study was to compare wheat production in dryland (low...

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the energy consumption of inputs and outputs used in the sugar beet production system and to determine the relationship between energy inputs and yield in Iran. To achieve these objectives, data were collected from 153 sugar beet farms selected using...