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Improving Energy Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis: A Case of Walnut Production

In: Managing Service Productivity

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  • Alireza Khoshroo

    (Yasouj University)

  • Richard Mulwa

    (University of Nairobi)

Abstract

Walnut is one of the most nutritive crops and modern production methods require large quantities of energy. Efficient use of these energies is a necessary step toward agricultural sustainability. This study therefore focuses on optimizing energy consumption in walnut production by identifying and reducing excessive use of energy. A non-parametric input-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was applied to analyze energy efficiency of different walnut producers in Iran. DEA was used to model efficiency as an explicit function of human labor, machinery, fertilizers-chemicals and irrigation energies. The result of DEA analysisshows substantial inefficiency between the walnut producers in the studied area, withthe main difference between efficient and inefficient producers being in the use of chemicals, potash, machinery and irrigation water. The use of chemicals such as insecticides and herbicides for efficient producers was considerably less than inefficient ones by 90.21 % and 77.5 %.

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  • Alireza Khoshroo & Richard Mulwa, 2014. "Improving Energy Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis: A Case of Walnut Production," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Ali Emrouznejad & Emilyn Cabanda (ed.), Managing Service Productivity, edition 127, pages 227-240, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-3-662-43437-6_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-43437-6_13
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    1. Chun-Yueh Lin, 2023. "Integrating the two-stage of non-radial DEA model and BCG methods to evaluate the performance with strategic trajectory: a case study of securities industry," Portuguese Economic Journal, Springer;Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, vol. 22(3), pages 439-455, September.
    2. Unakıtan, Gökhan & Kumbar, Nihal, 2019. "Analysis of feed conversion efficiency in dairy cattle farms in Thrace Region, Turkey," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 589-595.
    3. Khoshroo, Alireza & Izadikhah, Mohammad & Emrouznejad, Ali, 2022. "Total factor energy productivity considering undesirable pollutant outputs: A new double frontier based malmquist productivity index," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 258(C).

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