Energy Efficiency of Maize Production Technology: Evidence from Polish Farms

Anita Konieczna, Kamil Roman, Monika Roman, Damian Śliwiński and Michał Roman
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Anita Konieczna: Department of Economic and Energy Analysis, Institute of Technology and Life Sciences in Falenty, Warsaw Branch, 32 Rakowiecka St., 02-532 Warsaw, Poland
Kamil Roman: Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 166 Nowoursynowska St., 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Monika Roman: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 166 Nowoursynowska St., 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Damian Śliwiński: Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, 05-090 Falenty, Poland
Michał Roman: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 166 Nowoursynowska St., 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: The purpose of this work is to determine the impact of selected silage maize cultivation technologies, including energy inputs in the production chain (cultivation, harvesting, heap placing), on energy efficiency. The analysis of energy inputs, energy efficiency for the silage maize production technology were estimated. The research was performed for 13 farms producing silage maize. The data from the farms covered all the activities and the agrotechnical measures performed. The calculations of energy inputs made for the silage maize production for selected technologies were performed using the method developed by the Institute of Construction, Mechanization and Electrification for Agriculture (IBMER), once the method was verified and adapted to the needs and conditions of own research. Based on the accumulated energy production and the energy accumulated in the yield, energy efficiency index values for 13 silage maize cultivation technologies were calculated. The greatest impact on the results of energy efficiency calculations was shared by fertilizer and fuel inputs. In conclusion, it can be stated that, in terms of energy efficiency, maize cultivation is justified and it can generate energy benefits.

Keywords: energy efficiency; energy accumulated; crop production; silage maize; biomass; farms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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