Energy consumption and economic analysis for Nectarine production in Mazandaran Province of Iran

This study investigated the structure of nectarine production and economic analysis in sari region of Iran as a case study. The data were collected using a face-to-facequestionnaire method from 60 farmers. The results indicated that total energy input fornectarine was about 40.2 GJ ha-1 among all inputs involved. Fertilizer (36.93%) and diesel fuel (19.68%) had the highest energy values per hectare. Nitrogen had the highestamount of usage among fertilizers. The benefit-cost ratio and energy ratio for cultivatingwere found to be 16.74 and 1.36, respectively. Economic analysis showed that, total costof production was 0.056 $ kg-1. Also, the total mean expenditure for the production was 1638$ ha-1. High amount of output in nectarine production was due to productive native nectarine cultivar and orchard on time management. Nectarine production method in this region is economically beneficial and can be suggested to nectarine producers in Iran

Keywords:

Nectarine production , Energy indices , Sari , Energy inputs , Economic analysis