Long-Term Conservation Agriculture and Intensified Cropping Systems: Effects on Growth, Yield, Water, and Energy-use Efficiency of Maize in Northwestern India

Pedosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 952-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiter M. PARIHAR ◽  
Malu R. YADAV ◽  
Shankar L. JAT ◽  
Aditya K. SINGH ◽  
Bhupender KUMAR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Energy Use Efficiency ◽  
Northwestern India ◽  
Use Efficiency

Energy Use Efficiency of Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems of Sugarcane

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
Omar González-Cueto ◽  
Fidel Diego-Nava ◽  
Elvis López-Bravo ◽  
Ruslán Ferreira-Camacho ◽  
Diana Estefania Zambrano-Casanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Input ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Energy Output ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Balance Energy ◽  
Conventional Systems

HighlightsOrganic cropping systems were less efficient in energy use.Sugarcane for seed was the highest energy input due to the consumption of 12 t ha-1 of seed.The second largest part of the energy input was the fuel consumed during mechanized operations.Abstract.Analysis of energy use efficiency provides an assessment of non-renewable energy consumption; it is a useful indicator of environmental and long-term sustainability when comparing cropping systems. This study aimed to estimate the energy use efficiency of organic and conventional cropping systems of sugarcane for sugar production in central Cuba. Estimation of the energy use efficiency included analysis of four cropping systems. The energy input in the field until harvest and transport to the sugar mill was the limit of this analysis. The results showed that organic cropping systems were less efficient in energy use because of the greater number of field operations, mainly for weed control by manual and mechanical cultivation. Organic cropping systems also had lower yield compared with conventional systems due to their use of low doses of organic products, instead of agrochemical fertilizers, for plant nutrition. In all cropping systems evaluated, sugarcane used for seed was the largest part of the energy input due to the consumption of 12 t ha-1 of seed, representing an average of 89% of the total energy input for the sugarcane cropping systems. The second largest part of the energy input was the fuel consumed during mechanized operations. Irrigation was the third largest part of the energy input for organic cropping systems and the second largest part of the energy input for conventional cropping systems. Keywords: Agricultural systems, Energy balance, Energy input, Energy output.

EUE (energy use efficiency) of cropping systems for a sustainable agriculture

Energy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 4468-4481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Alluvione ◽  
Barbara Moretti ◽  
Dario Sacco ◽  
Carlo Grignani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Energy Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency

scholarly journals Crop sequence effects on energy efficiency and land demand in a long-term fertilisation trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 739-746
Author(s):  
Gerhard Moitzi ◽  
Reinhard Neugschwandtner ◽  
Hans-Peter Kaul ◽  
Helmut Wagentristl
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Output ◽  
Winter Rye ◽  
Energy Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Bare Fallow

The effect of crop sequences (CR – continuous winter rye; CropR – three-field crop rotation of winter rye-spring barley-bare fallow) and fertilisation systems (unfertilised control, mineral fertiliser (NPK), farmyard manure (FYM)) on crop yield, energy efficiency indicators and land demand were analysed in a long-term experiment under Pannonian climate conditions. Due to lower fuel consumption in the bare fallow, the total fuel consumption for CropR was 27% lower than in CR. It was for NPK and FYM fertilisation by 29% and 42% higher than in the control. Although the energy output was lower in CropR than CR, the energy use efficiency for grain production increased by 35% and for above-ground biomass production by 20%. Overall crop sequences, the NPK treatment had higher crop yields, energy outputs and net-energy output with a lower energy use efficiency than the unfertilised control. CropR increased the land demand just by 20% in comparison to CR, although one-third of the land was not used for crop production. The land demand could be decreased with fertilisation by 50% (NPK) or 48% (FYM). A bare fallow year in the crop rotation decreased the crop yield, energy input and increased the energy use efficiency and land demand.  

Effects of input management and crop diversity on non-renewable energy use efficiency of cropping systems in the Canadian Prairie

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.P. Zentner ◽  
P. Basnyat ◽  
S.A. Brandt ◽  
A.G. Thomas ◽  
D. Ulrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Crop Diversity ◽  
Canadian Prairie ◽  
Energy Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency

​Conservation Agriculture Practices: Impact on Productivity, Energy Utilisation and Profitability of Legume-based Cropping System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sobhana ◽  
C. Swaminathan ◽  
P. Kannan ◽  
A. Gurusamy
Keyword(s):  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Foliar Application ◽  
Foxtail Millet ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Barnyard Millet ◽  
System Productivity ◽  
Energy Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency

Background: Conservation agriculture (CA), an agricultural production system with optimum inputs, high returns and sustainability while conserving environment is primarily required for command areas and rainfed uplands. CA helps to improve and conserve soil health through crop rotation, mulching, minimum field traffic and mechanical soil disturbance etc and conserve water to achieve economically and ecologically sustainable crop production. Methods: The field experiment was conducted for two years during 2019-21 to evaluate the influence of conservation agricultural practices on the system productivity, production efficiency and energy use under legume based cropping system in a command area. Treatments comprised of four cropping systems as Groundnut - foxtail millet (C1), Groundnut - barnyard millet (C2), Daincha - foxtail millet (C3) and Daincha - barn yard millet (C4) in main plots and foliar application of organics, 3% panchagavya, 1% PPFM and 0.1% humic acid formed subplots. Result: System productivity in terms of Groundnut equivalent yield (GEY) was significantly higher (8395 kg/ha) in the Groundnut - Barnyard millet cropping system with foliar application of PPFM 1% in CA system than that of conventional method. The production efficiency was maximum in Groundnut - barnyard millet system (34.41 kg/ha/day) and Groundnut - foxtail millet recorded the highest energy use efficiency (6.8%) which shows that maximum energy was effectively utilized under the system. Daincha - foxtail millet system had highest energy productivity of 0.91 kg M/J. Thus, the conservation tillage based Groundnut - barnyard millet system recorded more system productivity, highest resource use efficiency (both production and land use efficiency) and the highest energy use efficiency.

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