Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicators
The application of the emergy approach to analyzing the sustainability of greenhouse systems has resulted in the deployment of adequate management in order to boost the production sustainability of these systems. The goal of this study was to apply the emergy approach to assess the sustainability of...
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| author | Maryam Nakhaei Mohammad Ali Behdani Mohammad Reza Asgharipour Mahdi Hedayatizadeh |
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| description | The application of the emergy approach to analyzing the sustainability of greenhouse systems has resulted in the deployment of adequate management in order to boost the production sustainability of these systems. The goal of this study was to apply the emergy approach to assess the sustainability of greenhouse tomato production systems. The data for this study was collected from greenhouse owners through face-to-face referrals and the completion of a questionnaire. Sixty three tomato greenhouses were chosen for this purpose in Mirjaveh district, Zahedan, Iran. In tomato greenhouse systems, the average total emergy supporting output was 1.06E+16 sej/1000 m2 of greenhouse area. The unit emergy value of economic product (unit emergy value) was calculated to be 9.94E+03 sej/J, indicating that greenhouse systems outperform open field systems of various crops by at least 100 times. The significant proportion of purchased non-renewable resources affected the tomato production system's sustainability in this study. As a result, using productive renewable local environmental inputs, more efficient labor, and technologies to reduce greenhouse building inputs and acquire non-renewable inputs will make the greenhouse tomato production system more sustainable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d3e2d58b4314ad8acea89aef9aa25742022-12-22T03:51:35ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Environmental Sustainability2666-04902022-01-014100149Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicatorsMaryam Nakhaei0Mohammad Ali Behdani1Mohammad Reza Asgharipour2Mahdi Hedayatizadeh3Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, IranUnit of Crop Ecology, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, IranUnit of Agroecology, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran; Corresponding author.Unit of Agricultural Mechanization, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, IranThe application of the emergy approach to analyzing the sustainability of greenhouse systems has resulted in the deployment of adequate management in order to boost the production sustainability of these systems. The goal of this study was to apply the emergy approach to assess the sustainability of greenhouse tomato production systems. The data for this study was collected from greenhouse owners through face-to-face referrals and the completion of a questionnaire. Sixty three tomato greenhouses were chosen for this purpose in Mirjaveh district, Zahedan, Iran. In tomato greenhouse systems, the average total emergy supporting output was 1.06E+16 sej/1000 m2 of greenhouse area. The unit emergy value of economic product (unit emergy value) was calculated to be 9.94E+03 sej/J, indicating that greenhouse systems outperform open field systems of various crops by at least 100 times. The significant proportion of purchased non-renewable resources affected the tomato production system's sustainability in this study. As a result, using productive renewable local environmental inputs, more efficient labor, and technologies to reduce greenhouse building inputs and acquire non-renewable inputs will make the greenhouse tomato production system more sustainable.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049022000275Intensive agricultural systemsEmergetic indicatorsEnvironmental loadSustainability assessmentGreenhouse systemsEmergy synthesis |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Nakhaei Mohammad Ali Behdani Mohammad Reza Asgharipour Mahdi Hedayatizadeh Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicators Current Research in Environmental Sustainability Intensive agricultural systems Emergetic indicators Environmental load Sustainability assessment Greenhouse systems Emergy synthesis |
| title | Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicators |
| title_full | Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicators |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicators |
| title_short | Monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of Mirjaveh district, Iran based on emergetic indicators |
| title_sort | monitoring and accounting the sustainability of tomato greenhouse production systems of mirjaveh district iran based on emergetic indicators |
| topic | Intensive agricultural systems Emergetic indicators Environmental load Sustainability assessment Greenhouse systems Emergy synthesis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049022000275 |
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