Citation

Jin, Y., Lu, M., and C. Sun, Preliminary evaluation of energy consumption in China's agriculture - analysis of two specific cases. Energy in Agriculture 1: 289-301, 1983.

Abstract

Jin. Y., Lu, M. and Sun, C., 1983. Preliminary evaluation of energy consumption in China's agriculture-analysis of two specific cases. Energy Agric. 1: 289-301.

The present status and the perspective of the energy consumption in China's agriculture, with emphasis on crop production, was discussed based on nationwide statistics as well as two specifically investigated production units. It was estimated that about 17.2% of China's commercial energy was consumed in the rural area in 1978. Commercial energy used in crop production was estimated as 7.3% of the energy input of the whole country. Chemical fertilizer has been and will still be, in the near future, the major energy expenditure in China's crop production. In the two investigated units, the energy input level for crop production has reached for that of the industrialized countries. The average level of the whole country, however, is still at a relatively low level of about 1.2 x 107 kJ/ha. As a first step to modernize China's agriculture, it appears that an additional commercial energy input of 8.7 x 1014 kJ would be needed. Approaches to solving the energy problems in China's rural area are discussed briefly.

Country, State, District, etc.

China

Language

English

Material

rice, wheat, corn

Use category

energy production