Saeed Firouzi

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of energy input on rain-fed watermelon yield were evaluated using the Cobb-Douglas model and sensitivity analysis and the results showed that increasing one MJ of energy inputs of human labor, machinery, diesel fuel, chemical fertilizers, biocides, and seed changed the yield by 1.19, energy productivity was 1.15, energy intensity was 0.87, and net energy gain was 19680.

TL;DR: The results indicated that fossil resources depletion impact category was attributed the highest negative environmental impacts of tobacco production followed by terrestrial eutrophication, which implies many agricultural systems could benefit from using the developed weighting factors for LCA studies in the agricultural sector.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the environmental impacts of kiwifruit production in Guilan province of Iran using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and Cobb-Douglas (CD) modeling.

TL;DR: In this paper, an industrial horizontal rotary dryer (IHRD) developed in northern Iran was investigated and compared with those of the conventional industrial batch-type bed dryer at five paddy final moisture levels.

TL;DR: In this article, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions footprint associated with tea, peanut and kiwifruit production in Guilan province of Iran was studied, where data were collected using farmers' questionnaire in the 2012-2013 production years.