Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.

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Autor(a) principal: Baptista, F.J.
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Murcho, D., Silva, L.L., Stanghellini, C., Montero, J.I., Kempkes, F., Munoz, P., Gilli, C., Giuffrida, F., Stepowska, A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/21244
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1164.59
Resumo: Greenhouse production has increased over the last decades in the Mediterranean region. Greenhouses allow protecting crops from adverse climate conditions, creating microclimate conditions appropriate for obtaining high production with high quality all over the year. However, greenhouse production is generally associated with high environmental impacts due to the use of high amounts of resource inputs and the high quantity of waste generated. Sustainable greenhouse production is nowadays a goal and can be achieved by using appropriate technologies such as innovating crop practices and environmental control techniques allowing reducing agro-chemicals, water, and energy consumption. Organic farming is based on methods and practices that try to protect the environment (soil, water, air), which includes limitation on the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers and the use of onsite resources, such as livestock manure for fertilizer. Demand for food produced without using agro-chemicals has increased; usually these products are sold at high price and associated to a particular nutritional value, taste and health. It is generally associated with lower yield and better quality. Greenhouse organic farming is not widely applied as farmers believe that yields are strongly reduced. However, there is a market opportunity to organic farming as a result of higher product prices and consumers demand. In order to compare the overall efficiency of crop farming systems, it is vital to consider energy consumption and efficiency. In this work, a case study is analysed in terms of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The data were obtained directly from the grower and the main objective of this work was to characterize the organic greenhouse production system. The most important inputs were identified and compared with others obtained with conventional greenhouse production. Results showed that organic greenhouse uses less energy ha-1 and t-1 of produced tomatoes than the conventional greenhouses.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
title Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
spellingShingle Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
Baptista, F.J.
energy efficiency
GHG emissions
sustainable production
title_short Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
title_full Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
title_fullStr Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
title_sort Assessment of energy consumption in organic tomato greenhouse production. A case study.
author Baptista, F.J.
author_facet Baptista, F.J.
Murcho, D.
Silva, L.L.
Stanghellini, C.
Montero, J.I.
Kempkes, F.
Munoz, P.
Gilli, C.
Giuffrida, F.
Stepowska, A.
author_role author
author2 Murcho, D.
Silva, L.L.
Stanghellini, C.
Montero, J.I.
Kempkes, F.
Munoz, P.
Gilli, C.
Giuffrida, F.
Stepowska, A.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Baptista, F.J.
Murcho, D.
Silva, L.L.
Stanghellini, C.
Montero, J.I.
Kempkes, F.
Munoz, P.
Gilli, C.
Giuffrida, F.
Stepowska, A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv energy efficiency
GHG emissions
sustainable production
topic energy efficiency
GHG emissions
sustainable production
description Greenhouse production has increased over the last decades in the Mediterranean region. Greenhouses allow protecting crops from adverse climate conditions, creating microclimate conditions appropriate for obtaining high production with high quality all over the year. However, greenhouse production is generally associated with high environmental impacts due to the use of high amounts of resource inputs and the high quantity of waste generated. Sustainable greenhouse production is nowadays a goal and can be achieved by using appropriate technologies such as innovating crop practices and environmental control techniques allowing reducing agro-chemicals, water, and energy consumption. Organic farming is based on methods and practices that try to protect the environment (soil, water, air), which includes limitation on the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers and the use of onsite resources, such as livestock manure for fertilizer. Demand for food produced without using agro-chemicals has increased; usually these products are sold at high price and associated to a particular nutritional value, taste and health. It is generally associated with lower yield and better quality. Greenhouse organic farming is not widely applied as farmers believe that yields are strongly reduced. However, there is a market opportunity to organic farming as a result of higher product prices and consumers demand. In order to compare the overall efficiency of crop farming systems, it is vital to consider energy consumption and efficiency. In this work, a case study is analysed in terms of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The data were obtained directly from the grower and the main objective of this work was to characterize the organic greenhouse production system. The most important inputs were identified and compared with others obtained with conventional greenhouse production. Results showed that organic greenhouse uses less energy ha-1 and t-1 of produced tomatoes than the conventional greenhouses.
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