Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Applied Fruit Science, cilt.67, sa.3, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
The aims of this study are to determine the greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency for orange production in the 2023 production season in Hatay province, one of the most important citrus production centers of Türkiye. In order to determine greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency in orange production, agricultural input and output values were considered. The data in the study were obtained from 64 orange producers using face-to-face interviews. Total greenhouse gas emissions for orange production were calculated as 7,636.82 kgCO2‑eq ha−1, and the greenhouse gas emission ratio value was calculated as 0.20 kgCO2‑eq kg−1. In addition, environmental prices in orange production were found to be 435.30 € ha−1. According to the study findings, energy efficiency, specific energy, energy productivity, and net energy were calculated to be 1.11, 1.53 MJ kg−1, 0.66 kg MJ−1, and 6,666.19 MJ ha−1, respectively. The largest share of the total energy input was chemical fertilizer use, with 30.05%. Chemical fertilizer use was followed by electricity consumption (28.69%), chemical pesticide use (12.69%), irrigation water use (10.80%), diesel fuel consumption (7.41%), machinery use (5.23%), human labor use (2.74%), and farm manure use (2.39%). The renewable energy usage rate was 15.93% of the total energy input. Nonrenewable energies cause both environmental degradation and rapid depletion of these energy resources. More renewable energy should be utilized to increase energy efficiency and clean production in orange production in the Hatay region.