@article{Khojastehpour:262494,
      recid = {262494},
      author = {Khojastehpour, Mehdi  and Nikkhah, Amin  and Hashemabadi,  Davood },
      title = {A Comparative Study of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas  Emissions of Canola Production},
      journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Management and  Development (IJAMAD)},
      address = {2015-03-15},
      number = {1047-2017-1601},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {In  this  research,  the  energy  flow  and  production   energy indices of canola cultivation in Trakya province of  Turkey, Golestan and Mazandaran provinces of Iran were  compared. Diesel fuel and chemical fertilizer inputs were  the highest consumer  of  energy  in  the  production  of   canola  in  these  three regions. The results indicated  that despite the higher energy use of machinery in Trakya  province of Turkey, the energy use of diesel fuel in this  province is less than the energy consumed in the two  northern provinces of Iran, which could be due to available   old  machines  for  the  production  of  canola  in  Mazandaran  and  Golestan  provinces.  Total  greenhouse   gas emissions of canola production for these regions were  computed 562.85,  652.86  and  887.30  kgCO 2 eq  ha -1 ,   respectively.  The inputs of chemical fertilizer and diesel  fuel in canola production produced  the  highest   percentage  of  gas  emissions  in  these three areas.  Energy consumption for potential feedstock production  for   one  kg  production  of  biodiesel  fuel  in  these  provinces was calculated as 14.76, 20.66 and 37.77 MJ,  respectively.  The  amounts  of  greenhouse  gas  emissions   for potential feedstock production for one kg production  of biodiesel were obtained 0.45, 0.76 and 1.17 kgCO 2 eq  for Trakya, Golestan and Mazandaran provinces,  respectively. },
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262494},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.262494},
}