resources) would be good technology from a climate change point of view. But there
is a belief in agricultural production systems that altering or reducing the energy
sources by means of new technologies may affect productivity. Hence, it is necessary to identify energy efficient agricultural technologies without affecting the
productivity through energy auditing methods. Like benefit–cost ratio and input
use efficiency, we could calculate energy-output ratio, energy efficient ratio and net
energy benefit.
13.4.2 TNAU Energy Soft
Energy auditing in agriculture needs the calculation of energy used in particular
technology, information such as category, type and their equivalent energy of each
input and output. There are so many inputs and outputs in agriculture and hence, it
has become very difficult to calculate the energy efficiency of these technologies. A
simplified energy calculation tool will help them to calculate the energy efficiency
with minimum effort. In this context, TNAU Energy Soft 2016 has been developed
at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India to integrate energy
databases with simplified energy efficient calculation methodology. The software
was developed in the VB. Net programme with Microsoft Access database. It is a
desktop application and user-friendly. This software facilitates easy creation of new
treatment and options to create new by altering old treatment. It calculates and
reports the total energy utilized, source wise, category wise, type wise energy
utilized and could compare six treatments at a stretch. Similar to that of economic
analysis, viz., benefit–cost ratio and net profit, we could calculate energy efficiency
and net energy benefit with this TNAU energy soft. This will be helpful to identify
the energy efficient agricultural technologies and climate change mitigation
technologies.
13.4.3 Methodology Used in TNAU Energy Software for Energy
Analysis
Energy analysis is a significant tool for judging treatment efficiency and the respective treatment is considered more efficient when it produces higher output energy
and requires less input energy. Energy ratio or energy efficiency ratio is the ratio
between energy produced and the amount of energy consumed (energy output/
energy input). It is generally used in the analysis of food production systems. Energy
intensity is the amount of energy required to create a unit of output energy (energy
input/energy output). It is the reciprocal of energy ratio and is equal to GER
expressed in tons of output energy.
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is a belief in agricultural production systems that altering or reducing the energy
sources by means of new technologies may affect productivity. Hence, it is necessary to identify energy efficient agricultural technologies without affecting the
productivity through energy auditing methods. Like benefit–cost ratio and input
use efficiency, we could calculate energy-output ratio, energy efficient ratio and net
energy benefit.
13.4.2 TNAU Energy Soft
Energy auditing in agriculture needs the calculation of energy used in particular
technology, information such as category, type and their equivalent energy of each
input and output. There are so many inputs and outputs in agriculture and hence, it
has become very difficult to calculate the energy efficiency of these technologies. A
simplified energy calculation tool will help them to calculate the energy efficiency
with minimum effort. In this context, TNAU Energy Soft 2016 has been developed
at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India to integrate energy
databases with simplified energy efficient calculation methodology. The software
was developed in the VB. Net programme with Microsoft Access database. It is a
desktop application and user-friendly. This software facilitates easy creation of new
treatment and options to create new by altering old treatment. It calculates and
reports the total energy utilized, source wise, category wise, type wise energy
utilized and could compare six treatments at a stretch. Similar to that of economic
analysis, viz., benefit–cost ratio and net profit, we could calculate energy efficiency
and net energy benefit with this TNAU energy soft. This will be helpful to identify
the energy efficient agricultural technologies and climate change mitigation
technologies.
13.4.3 Methodology Used in TNAU Energy Software for Energy
Analysis
Energy analysis is a significant tool for judging treatment efficiency and the respective treatment is considered more efficient when it produces higher output energy
and requires less input energy. Energy ratio or energy efficiency ratio is the ratio
between energy produced and the amount of energy consumed (energy output/
energy input). It is generally used in the analysis of food production systems. Energy
intensity is the amount of energy required to create a unit of output energy (energy
input/energy output). It is the reciprocal of energy ratio and is equal to GER
expressed in tons of output energy.
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