Exportação concluída — 

Avaliação energética de dois sistemas de produção de milho

Detalhes bibliográficos
Ano de defesa: 2008
Autor(a) principal: Bernardi, Lorena de Moraes
Orientador(a): Casalinho, Helvio Debli
Banca de defesa: Não Informado pela instituição
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemas de Produção Agrícola Familiar
Departamento: Faculdade de Agronomia Eliseu Maciel
País: BR
Palavras-chave em Português:
Palavras-chave em Inglês:
Área do conhecimento CNPq:
Link de acesso: http://guaiaca.ufpel.edu.br/handle/123456789/2394
Resumo: Consumption of energy in a system of production is one of the most worrying things in agricultural activity. Accordingly, the calculation of the energy balance is one of the most important tools when you want to assess the sustainability of agroecosystems. This study aimed to evaluate the consumption and production of energy in two systems of production of corn, one of ecological base and other conventional, developed in two agricultural properties, both located in Pelotas/RS. Questionnaires modified in Marchioro (1985), were applied to farmers, with the aim of characterizing the production units, the composition of families, the hours devoted to each operation and management practices and types and quantity of inputs used. By the existing scientific literature, the equivalent energy were identified that are present in the stages of production processes, which led to measure the consumption (input), energy (human / animal activity, agricultural chemicals, fuel ...) and the energy produced (output) for biomass derived from their systems, which was obtained through the collection of a sample of the population of corn plants chosen at random, which after passing through processes of drying and weighing in laboratory provided data representative of the total production of biomass in cultivated areas, data which were finally converted into equivalent energy production. The entrances and exits of energy in both systems were related and led their respective energy balances. The total consumption of energy in 1 (one) hectare of the ecological base system of production (1,38 MJ) is lower than in 1 (one) hectare of conventional system (5.789,10 MJ) and energy production in the same area proved to be greater in the production system of ecological base (321.225,30 MJ) than in conventional (166.055,02 MJ). It was confirmed that the energy balance in the ecological base system of production (232,93) is most effective when compared to the conventional system (29,20).