Abstract
Sustainable agricultural production could be assessed through energy-use efficiency (EUE). Thus, this paper aims to evaluate the EUE for cucumber greenhouse production in Oman. Data were obtained by interviewing farmers (face-to-face). Result indicated that total energy inputs (e.g. electricity, water, fertilizers and agrochemicals) and total energy output (cucumber yield) were 1159726.0 MJ ha-1 and 89942.9 MJ ha-1, respectively. The highest energy consuming input in the greenhouse production was electricity, consuming 88% of total energy input. This indicates that electricity had again the highest impact in cucumber greenhouse production and 99% of electricity goes for cooling the greenhouse. When all energy inputs were classified into its forms; direct (D) and indirect (ID), and renewable (R) and non-renewable (NR), the highest portion of total energy forms in greenhouse cucumber production was for D and NR energy. The EUE and energy productivity (EP) were found to be 0.07 and 0.10 kg MJ-1, respectively. Energy use in greenhouse cucumber production was inefficient and solar energy need to be implemented to improve cucumber greenhouse sustainability production.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.24200/jams.vol24iss0pp24-29
- Journal
- Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 24, 24
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
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APA 7
Al-Mezeini, N. K., Al-Ismaili, A. M., & Tabook, S. M. (2020). Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 24, 24. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol24iss0pp24-29
MLA 9
Al-Mezeini, Nawal K., et al. "Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 24, 2020, pp. 24. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol24iss0pp24-29.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Mezeini, Nawal K., Abdulrahim M. Al-Ismaili, and Said M. Tabook. 2020. "Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 24: 24. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol24iss0pp24-29.
Harvard
Al-Mezeini, N. K., Al-Ismaili, A. M. and Tabook, S. M. (2020) 'Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency', Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 24, pp. 24. doi:10.24200/jams.vol24iss0pp24-29.
Vancouver
Al-Mezeini NK, Al-Ismaili AM, Tabook SM. Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences. 2020;24:24. doi:10.24200/jams.vol24iss0pp24-29
IEEE
N. K. Al-Mezeini, A. M. Al-Ismaili, and S. M. Tabook, "Evaluation of Greenhouse Cucumber Production Sustainability in Terms of Energy Use Efficiency," Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 24, pp. 24, 2020, doi: 10.24200/jams.vol24iss0pp24-29.