Mansour Saadouninejad; Morteza Almassi; mohammad ghahderijani
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This study was conducted in order to investigate the factors of sugarcane production (inputs: physical-consumption) and optimization of energy consumption for sugarcane production using a data envelopment analysis in Khuzestan province, Amirkabir Agro-industrial Company Unit. The necessary information ...
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This study was conducted in order to investigate the factors of sugarcane production (inputs: physical-consumption) and optimization of energy consumption for sugarcane production using a data envelopment analysis in Khuzestan province, Amirkabir Agro-industrial Company Unit. The necessary information to conduct this study was collected from Agro-industrial of sugarcane Amirkabir experts through face-to-face interviews and questionnaire completion. According to the results, of the total energy consumed in production, the energy of cuttings and chemical fertilizers had the largest share among the consumed inputs with 59 and 16 (%), respectively. Biocides 3.15 (%), agricultural machines 1.09 (%) and human labor 0.06 (%) were the least energy-consuming inputs among other sugarcane production inputs. According to the results obtained from this research, it was found that two inputs sugarcane cuttings and chemical fertilizer have the highest amount of consumption among all the inputs for production. Also, the results of data coverage analysis showed that nitrogen fertilizer and human labor had the largest share of stored energy with 42 and 60.31 (%). The lowest share of energy stored in production belonged to chemical pesticides and phosphorus fertilizer, respectively. The results showed that reducing the consumption of chemical fertilizers and diesel fuel is important for energy storage and reducing the problem of environmental risk in the region. Saving in diesel fuel is possible by improving the performance of the irrigation pump and using new tractors and soil analysis to improve the use of chemical fertilizers.
Farid Tamhidi; Morteza Almassi; Mohamad Ghahdarijani; Hossein Bakhoda
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Iran has special potentials in the field of medicinal plants, a field that have received less attention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of different stages of production of Rosa damascena and to select appropriate strategies for selecting and developing appropriate technology ...
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Iran has special potentials in the field of medicinal plants, a field that have received less attention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of different stages of production of Rosa damascena and to select appropriate strategies for selecting and developing appropriate technology in the country to lower the costs of production. The research method was descriptive-analytical. The method of collecting statistics and information required for the research was using a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews with farmers and experts producing and studying medicinal plants in three provinces: Isfahan, Kerman and Fars. The total number of questionnaires (Cochran method) in this study was 60. In this research, SWOT analysis model was used to investigate the mechanization situation in different stages of medicinal plant production Factors such as strength, weakness, opportunity and threat have been identified and analyzed in the matrix. Based on the research results, in the evaluation matrix of internal factors (weakness and strength), the sum of the final score was 2.75, which showed that the strengths were higher than the weaknesses. Also, the matrix of external factors (threat and opportunity) with a total score of 2.83 showed that in the current situation, it was possible to show an appropriate strategic response to threats by strengthening opportunities. Therefore, aggressive strategy (SO) was found the best strategy to move towards improving and developing mechanization in Rosa damascena farms in those provinces. Top strategies were also identified through quantitative strategic planning matrix or QSPM in offensive strategy.
