Comparing the energy consumption of cucumber production in modern and traditional greenhouses in Saveh city and determining the factors affecting it
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Keywords: Technology, energy consumption, Greenhouse, Legit method, Ave greenhouse,
Abstract :
Shayan Firouzi1* Department of Mechanization, Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch, Takestan, Iran * Corresponing author: esa.kazemi@gmail.com Abstract Considering the importance of energy consumption and the role of greenhouse construction technology in the agricultural sector, the purpose of this research is to investigate the role of the technology used in the construction of tree cucumber greenhouses in Ave greenhouse town on energy consumption in this sector. The present study was conducted using the data extracted from 22 questionnaires completed by managers of tree cucumber greenhouses in Ave greenhouse town located in Saveh city in 2013 and using the logit method. In this study, two models have been formed to investigate the research assumptions (which briefly considered the age of the greenhouse, the technology used in the construction of the greenhouse, the level of education of the greenhouse owner and the type of ownership of the greenhouse as effective on efficiency and energy consumption). In the first model, the main independent variable that is discussed is the technology used in the greenhouse (traditional or modern greenhouse) and the dependent variable is the amount of energy consumption per square meter of the cultivated area of the greenhouse. In the second model, the main independent variable is the technology used in greenhouse construction and the dependent variable is energy efficiency. The results of this study indicate that the more up-to-date and modern the technology used in the construction of tree cucumber greenhouses in Ave greenhouse town, the less energy is needed to produce a certain size of the product. Also, the results indicated that the higher the education level of the greenhouse owner, the higher the efficiency of energy consumption, in addition, based on the results, it was determined that if the type of ownership of the greenhouse is personal, the energy efficiency is higher than that of rental greenhouses.
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