Agrotechnology

Energy use efficiency: A case study from South Mediterranean seacoast, Egypt

7^th Global Summit on Agriculture & Horticulture

October 17-19, 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Youssef Mohamed Hamada Abdel-Rahman

Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Egypt

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Agrotechnol

Abstract:

Optimizing the implementation of energy used in agriculture is an important objective in the �??Climate Action and Renewable Energy Package�?� adopted by Kyoto Protocol. Therefore, studying the management of different cropping systems represents a good method to optimize input requirements, yield and net energy supply. The aim of this paper is to compare the energy use of existing cropping system with optimizing cropping system after apply laser land leveling, located in South Mediterranean seacoast, Egypt. The system is cultivated under two different management intensities: a conventional system (CS) and a low input system (LIS) after laser land leveling. Crop cultivation in old and new land of Lower Egypt takes place during winter season. The implementation of energy use efficiency did not disturb the total crop acreage, but shifted from crop to crop. However the production cost, energy input, greenhouse gases (GHG) emission and absolute risk reduced. Furthermore, total labor wages increased in the one zone of old and new land of Lower Egypt. In addition, crop revenue, net profit and internal rate of return for this season in that zone of old and new land of Lower Egypt increased compared to the existing ones. There is an urgent need to change the existing cultivation and to regulate the allocation of water irrigation, land and energy optimally, which could prevent further deterioration of socioeconomic in this zone of old and new land of Lower Egypt.

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Email: youssef_hamada@yahoo.com