Use of energy and labour in apricot agriculture in Turkey

Gezer İ., Acaroglu M., Haciseferogullari H.

BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.215-219, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0961-9534(02)00116-2
  • Dergi Adı: BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.215-219
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Turkey is the biggest apricot producer in the world with 538,000 t production per annum and 20.15% market share. Moreover, 83% of the dried apricots in world markets are produced in Turkey. In this research; the energy budget of traditionally applied apricot agriculture-one of the means of subsistence in Malatya region of Turkey-is evaluated. Total yield apricot mass/pit mass ratio and apricot fruit yield with respect to dried substance are found to-be 20, 14/1 and 4.82 t/ha, respectively. Total energy input, total energy output, output/input ratio and net energy ratio are found to be 22341, 75265 MJ/ha, 3.37 and 2.37, respectively. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.