1Division of Agricultural Engineering, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu Chatha campus, 180009
2Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiyana, Punjab
*Email: neerajsinghparihar13@gmail.com
Online published on 11 January, 2019.
In a study carried out to examine the energy requirement and cost economics for apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) production in the district Shopian of Kashmir province (J&K). this study examined the energy use patterns and input-output analysis of apple production containing an area about 61, 316.84 MJha−1. data for apple production were collected from sixty different apple farms located in different villages of district Shopian by using face-to-face survey method and data revealed that an energy input of chemical fertilizers (71.46%), mainly nitrogen, has biggest share in total energy inputs followed by spraying (19.9%) and results also revealed that apple production consumed a total of 61, 316.84 MJ ha−1. Further, energy ratio for apple was estimated about 1.38 and nonrenewable form of energy input was 93% of the energy input used in apple production compared to only 7% for the renewable form. Further, the cost benefit ratio of apple is found to be 2.71.
Apple, energetics, cost economics
