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The International Journal Of Engineering And Science (IJES)
|| Volume || 3 || Issue || 5 || Pages || 19-24 || 2014 ||
ISSN (e): 2319 – 1813 ISSN (p): 2319 – 1805
www.theijes.com The IJES Page 19
Embedded energy of on farm losses and energy analysis for maize
production in Nigeria
1,
Lawal, A. I., 2,
Akinoso, R., 3,
Olubiyi, M.R.4,
Olatoye, K.K.
1, 2
Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
3,
National Centre for Genetics Resources and Biotechnology, Ibadan, Nigeria.
4,
Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Wesley
University of Science And Technology, Ondo, (WUSTO) P.M.B 507, Ondo State, Nigeria.
-------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT---------------------------------------------------
Food losses and wastages occur at different points in the food supply chains such as farm, processing, storage,
transportation, food services and household. On farm losses are associated with the losses of embedded energy.
Thus, embedded energy of on farm maize losses and general energy flow pattern was investigated. Primary and
secondary data were used. Primary data was collected through multistage stratified random sampling of 40
maize growers while secondary data was obtained from yearly in-situ collection of agricultural data by
agricultural agency in Nigeria. Therefore the analyzed and discussed input energy- output energy values were
averages of data collected over the years. Total energy input and output were respectively quantified as 9502.17
and 33510.58 MJha-1
. The input energy estimated was classified as industrial energy (84.38%), biological
energy (15.62%), direct energy (31.14%) and indirect energy (68.86%). Energy efficiency, energy productivity,
specific energy, net energy and agrochemical energy ratio were 3.53, 0.19 kgMJ-1
, 5.28 MJkg-1
, 24008.41MJha-
1
and 60.1% respectively. The total embedded energy in the lost maize for the period of study was 6816.13MJ.
The high loss of maize on Nigeria farm was an indicator for increased in embedded energy lost from 214.03-
1995.53MJ. Year 2012 had the highest share of embedded energy loss (29.28%) followed by year
2011(28.46%), while lowest share of (3.14%) was estimated for the year 2000.
KEYWORDS- Embedded energy, input-output energy, farm losses, maize production
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Date of Submission: 05 October 2013 Date of Publication: 20 May 2014
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I. INTRODUCTION
Food losses and wastages occur at different points in the food supply chains such as farm, processing,
storage, transportation, food services and household. (Jones, 2006). UNEP,(2009) estimated that more than half
of the food produced in the world is either wasted, loss or discarded due to inefficiency in the human managed
food chain. Accurate estimations of the magnitude of losses and waste are still lacking in developing countries
(Samuel et al., 2011). FAO (2011) respectively estimated yearly quantitative food losses and waste in sub-
Saharan African countries as 21, 54, 31, and 66% for cereals, tubers, oilseeds and fruit crops. On farm maize
losses need proper estimation due to its position as a major economy grains in Nigeria (FAO, 2013, Phillip,
2001). On farm losses are associated with the losses of embedded energy since increase in crop yield is mainly
due to increase in commercial energy inputs in addition to improved crop varieties (Mohammadshirazi et al.,
2012). Energy in agriculture is important in terms of crop production and agro processing for value adding
(Banaeian and Zangeneh, 2011). Modern agriculture is heavily dependent on high input of fossil energy, which
is consumed as „„direct energy‟‟ (fuel and electricity used on the farm) and as „„indirect energy‟‟ (energy
expended beyond the farm for the manufacture of fertilizers, plant protection agents, machines, etc.). Both direct
and indirect forms of energy are required for agricultural productions in terms of its development and growth.
Energy input–output analysis is usually used to evaluate the efficiency and environmental impacts of production
systems for agricultural sustainability (Lorzadeh et al., 2012).
Reported literature on energy expenditure in crop cultivation include; plantain production in Nigeria (Jekayinfal et
al., 2012), Field crops in Turkey (Canakci et al., 2005) maize cultivation (Banaeian and Zanggeneh, 2011, Lorzadeh et al.,
2011) and tangerine production in Iran (Mohammadshirazi et al., 2012), but there is no information on embedded energy of
on farm losses and energy analysis of maize production, a major crop in Nigeria. Therefore the objective of the present study
was to estimate the amount of energy embedded on farm maize losses, analyze energy flow and examine energy use
efficiency in maize agro ecosystem.
Embedded energy of on farm losses and energy analysis for maize production in Nigeria
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II. MATERIAL AND METHODS
This study utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected from the surveyed of maize
growers in the agricultural zones of Oyo state categorized by the state agricultural development programme. The state is
located in the south-west of Nigeria between latitude 70
3|
and 90
12|
north of the equator and longitudes 20
47|
and 40
23|
east of
the meridian with average temperature of 27O
C. Primary data (input and output energy sources and quantity per unit area)
was collected with the help of questionnaire. The sampling technique employed was multistage stratified random sampling
technique. The first stage involved purposive selection of four agricultural zones (Ibadan/Ibarapa, Ogbomosho, Oyo and
Saki). The second stage involved purposive selection of two blocks from each zone making a total of 8 blocks. The third
stage involved simple random selection of 5 maize growers each from the eight blocks. 40 maize growers were then
interviewed between January and July 2013. The data was transformed to energy term by appropriate energy equivalent
factors (Table1). The secondary data was obtained from statistical resource of Oyo Sate agricultural development
programme. In the maize production agro ecosystem of this district, input energy sources included human labour, machinery,
diesel fuel, fertilizer, chemicals and seeds; while output energy sources was maize grain yield. The standard equations 1-7
were the tools used in the estimations of embedded energy on-farm maize losses and energy flows during the production of
maize. The quantity of on-farm losses was estimated based on 6% losses on Nigeria farm (FAOSTAT, 2012). Using
equation 1
Embedded energy of on farm losses
Table 1: Energy equivalent of input and output values in agricultural production.
Input quantity per unit area h Energy equivalent (MJ/unit) Quantity per unit area Total energy equivalent (MJ)
A. Input
Human labor (h) 534.15 1046.93
Land preparation 1.96 52.15 102.21
Cultural practices 1.96 468 917.28
Harvesting 1.96 14 27.44
Machinery (h) 6.28 393.76
Land preparation 62.7 3.6 225.72
Cultural practices 62.7 0.93 58.31
Transportation 62.7 1.75 109.73
Diesel fuel (L) 47.8 40 1912
Fertilizers (kg) 200 5482.74
Nitrogen 64.4 66.7 4295.48
Phosphorus 11.1 66.7 740.37
Potassium 6.7 66.7 446.89
Chemicals 2.42 229.24
Pesticides 101.2 0.4 40.48
Herbicides 92 2 184
Fungicides 238 0.02 4.76
Seeds (kg) 17.5 25 437.5
Total energy input (MJ) 9502.17
B.Output
Maize yied (kg) 17.5 1800 31500
Lost maize 17.5 114.89 2010.58
Total energy output(MJ) 33510.58
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
3.1 Input-output energy use
The average yield of maize was 1800kg ha-1
with energy equivalent of 31500MJ. Table 2 shows the inputs used
and output in maize production system in the studied area. The total energy requirement for producing maize crops was
9502.17MJha-1
.The main sources of total energy used in the production processes “Fig. 1” were 58, 20, 11,5and4% for
fertilizer, diesel fuel, human labor, seeds and machinery respectively. Among the different energy sources, fertilizer was the
highest energy consumer for the studied crops. The average use of fertilizer was 200kg ha-1
in the maize production. The
result obtained in this study agrees with the findings of Lorzadeh et al. (2011) and Mobtaker et al. (2010) for maize
production.
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3.2 Energy indicator in maize production
The energy indicator of maize production agro ecosystem, energy use efficiencies, energy production net energy
and agrochemical energy ratio of maize production are presented in Table 3. Energy use efficiency and specific energy in
this agriculture system was determined to be 3.53 and 5.28MJkg-1
respectively. In a similar study by canakci et al.(2005) in
Anatalya region of Turkey, the yield of maize production was calculated as 6600 kgha-1
with energy ratio of 3.8 and lower
specific energy of 3.88 MJkg-1
. Low amount of energy use efficiency is an indication of inefficiency use of energy in maize
production system (Banaeian and Zangeneh, 2011). The average energy productivity of maize production system was
0.19kgMJ-1
. This means that 0.60kg of maize was obtained per unit of energy or in the other word, in maize production
system 5.26MJ energy used for producing one kg maize grain. Calculation of energy productivity ratio is well documented in
the Literature. Jekayinfa et al. (2012) reported 0.79 for plantain production in Nigeria, while Lorzadeh et al. (2011) reported
0.13 for maize production in Iran. The net energy in this study for maize production was 24008.4 MJha-1
. Also agrochemical
energy ratio of maize production agro ecosystem was also calculated as 60.11 percent which illustrate more energy
consumption per fertilizer and chemical inputs in production (Khan et al., 2009). The shares of forms of energy “Fig. 2” are
classified as Industrial (84.33%), biological (15.62%) or direct (31.14%) and indirect energy (68.86%). The higher ratio of
industrial over biological energy and indirect over direct energy is in agreement with findings of Mohammedshirazi et al.
(2012) for maize production. The results reveal that consumption of chemical fertilizers, diesel fuels and labour as the
highest energy inputs for maize production in the zone.
3.3 Embedded energy
The embedded energy in maize from year 2000-2012 is shown in Table 4. The total embedded energy in lost maize
for the period of study was 6816.13MJ. The high loss of maize on Nigeria farm accounted for increased in embedded energy
lost from 214.03-1995.53MJ. Year 2012 had the highest embedded energy lost (29.28%) followed by year 2011 (28.46%).
The embedded energy lost estimated for year 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were 3.46, 3.48, 3.71, 3.77, 3.56 and
4.34 % of the total energy lost respectively. The embedded energy lost estimated for year 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 were
4.53, 4.27, 4.41 and 3.58% of total lost energy respectively. Year 2000 have the lowest embedded energy lost with the share
of 3.14%. The embedded energy obtained in this study was higher than what was reported by Cu‟ellar (2010) for USA
grains. It can be inferred that the embedded energy loss in this analysis represents a significant amount of lost energy
through wasted maize. The intensity of energy discarded in wasted maize is more than energy intensity in certain agricultural
operation such as manual land preparation and wet milling maize reported Jekayinfa et al. (2012) and Akinoso et al (2013)
respectively. Consequently, the energy embedded in wasted maize represents a substantial target for decreasing on farm
losses in Nigeria maize production.
Table 2: Input and output and their energy equivalent in Nigeria maize production.
Input quantity per unit area h
Energy
equivalent
(MJ/unit)
Quantity per
unit area
Total energy
equivalent (MJ)
A. Input
Human labor (h) 534.15 1046.93
Land preparation 1.96 52.15 102.21
Cultural practices 1.96 468 917.28
Harvesting 1.96 14 27.44
Machinery (h) 6.28 393.76
Land preparation 62.7 3.6 225.72
Cultural practices 62.7 0.93 58.31
Transportation 62.7 1.75 109.73
Diesel fuel (L) 47.8 40 1912
Fertilizers (kg) 200 5482.74
Nitrogen 64.4 66.7 4295.48
Phosphorus 11.1 66.7 740.37
Potassium 6.7 66.7 446.89
Chemicals 2.42 229.24
Pesticides 101.2 0.4 40.48
Herbicides 92 2 184
Fungicides 238 0.02 4.76
Seeds (kg) 17.5 25 437.5
Total energy input (MJ) 9502.17
B.Output
Maize yied (kg) 17.5 1800 31500
Lost maize 17.5 114.89 2010.58
Total energy output(MJ) 33510.58
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Table3: Indicator of energy use in maize production system
Indicators Unit Quantity
energy use efficiency 3.53
specific energy MJkg-1
5.28
energy productivity kgMJ-1
0.19
agrochemical energy ratio % 60.11
net energy MJha-1
24008.41
industrial energy MJha-1
8017.74
biological energy MJha-1
1484.43
direct energy MJha-1
2958.93
indirect energy MJha-1
6543.24
Table4: Farm yield, losses and embedded energy for maize production
Production year On-farm losses(MT) Energy in yield(MJ) Embedded energy in lost maize(MJ)
2000 12.23 3566.5 214.3
2001 13.93 4064.2 243.78
2002 17.19 5013.05 300.83
2003 16.64 4854.5 291.20
2004 17.65 5147.28 308.88
2005 16.91 4933.08 295.938
2006 13.86 4042.5 242.55
2007 14.69 4284 257.08
2008 14.45 4213.83 252.88
2009 13.57 3956.4 237.48
2010 13.49 3934.88 236.08
2011 110.85 32330.38 1939.88
2012 114.03 33258.75 1995.53
11% 4%
20%
58%
2%
5%
Humal labour
Machinery
Diesel fuel
Ferterlizer
Chemicals
Seeds
Figure1: Distribution of inputs energy in maize production
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0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Industrial
energy
Biological
energy
Direct
energy
Indirect
energy
Percentageinputs
Forms of energy
Energy distribution
Figure2: Share of energy forms
CONCLUSIONS
[1]. Based on the present study, the following conclusions are drawn;
[2]. The total energy consumption in maize production was 9502.17 MJha-1
and the output energy was 33510.58 MJha-1
.The energy
input estimated were industrial energy (84.38%), biological energy (15.62%), direct energy (31.14%) and indirect energy
(68.86%)
[3]. Energy efficiency, energy productivity, specific energy, net energy and agrochemical energy ratio were 3.53, 0.19 kgMJ-1
, 5.28
MJkg-1
, 24008.41MJha-1
and 60.1% respectively.
[4]. The total embedded energy in the lost maize for the period of study was 6816.13MJ. The high loss of maize on Nigeria farm was
an indicator for increased in embedded energy lost from 214.03-1995.53MJ. Year 2012 had the highest share of embedded
energy loss (29.28%) followed by year 2011(28.46%), while lowest share of (3.14%) was estimated for the year 2000.
[5]. The energy embedded in wasted maize represents a substantial target for decreasing on farm losses in Nigeria maize production.
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  • 1. The International Journal Of Engineering And Science (IJES) || Volume || 3 || Issue || 5 || Pages || 19-24 || 2014 || ISSN (e): 2319 – 1813 ISSN (p): 2319 – 1805 www.theijes.com The IJES Page 19 Embedded energy of on farm losses and energy analysis for maize production in Nigeria 1, Lawal, A. I., 2, Akinoso, R., 3, Olubiyi, M.R.4, Olatoye, K.K. 1, 2 Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Technology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 3, National Centre for Genetics Resources and Biotechnology, Ibadan, Nigeria. 4, Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Wesley University of Science And Technology, Ondo, (WUSTO) P.M.B 507, Ondo State, Nigeria. -------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT--------------------------------------------------- Food losses and wastages occur at different points in the food supply chains such as farm, processing, storage, transportation, food services and household. On farm losses are associated with the losses of embedded energy. Thus, embedded energy of on farm maize losses and general energy flow pattern was investigated. Primary and secondary data were used. Primary data was collected through multistage stratified random sampling of 40 maize growers while secondary data was obtained from yearly in-situ collection of agricultural data by agricultural agency in Nigeria. Therefore the analyzed and discussed input energy- output energy values were averages of data collected over the years. Total energy input and output were respectively quantified as 9502.17 and 33510.58 MJha-1 . The input energy estimated was classified as industrial energy (84.38%), biological energy (15.62%), direct energy (31.14%) and indirect energy (68.86%). Energy efficiency, energy productivity, specific energy, net energy and agrochemical energy ratio were 3.53, 0.19 kgMJ-1 , 5.28 MJkg-1 , 24008.41MJha- 1 and 60.1% respectively. The total embedded energy in the lost maize for the period of study was 6816.13MJ. The high loss of maize on Nigeria farm was an indicator for increased in embedded energy lost from 214.03- 1995.53MJ. Year 2012 had the highest share of embedded energy loss (29.28%) followed by year 2011(28.46%), while lowest share of (3.14%) was estimated for the year 2000. KEYWORDS- Embedded energy, input-output energy, farm losses, maize production --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 05 October 2013 Date of Publication: 20 May 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. INTRODUCTION Food losses and wastages occur at different points in the food supply chains such as farm, processing, storage, transportation, food services and household. (Jones, 2006). UNEP,(2009) estimated that more than half of the food produced in the world is either wasted, loss or discarded due to inefficiency in the human managed food chain. Accurate estimations of the magnitude of losses and waste are still lacking in developing countries (Samuel et al., 2011). FAO (2011) respectively estimated yearly quantitative food losses and waste in sub- Saharan African countries as 21, 54, 31, and 66% for cereals, tubers, oilseeds and fruit crops. On farm maize losses need proper estimation due to its position as a major economy grains in Nigeria (FAO, 2013, Phillip, 2001). On farm losses are associated with the losses of embedded energy since increase in crop yield is mainly due to increase in commercial energy inputs in addition to improved crop varieties (Mohammadshirazi et al., 2012). Energy in agriculture is important in terms of crop production and agro processing for value adding (Banaeian and Zangeneh, 2011). Modern agriculture is heavily dependent on high input of fossil energy, which is consumed as „„direct energy‟‟ (fuel and electricity used on the farm) and as „„indirect energy‟‟ (energy expended beyond the farm for the manufacture of fertilizers, plant protection agents, machines, etc.). Both direct and indirect forms of energy are required for agricultural productions in terms of its development and growth. Energy input–output analysis is usually used to evaluate the efficiency and environmental impacts of production systems for agricultural sustainability (Lorzadeh et al., 2012). Reported literature on energy expenditure in crop cultivation include; plantain production in Nigeria (Jekayinfal et al., 2012), Field crops in Turkey (Canakci et al., 2005) maize cultivation (Banaeian and Zanggeneh, 2011, Lorzadeh et al., 2011) and tangerine production in Iran (Mohammadshirazi et al., 2012), but there is no information on embedded energy of on farm losses and energy analysis of maize production, a major crop in Nigeria. Therefore the objective of the present study was to estimate the amount of energy embedded on farm maize losses, analyze energy flow and examine energy use efficiency in maize agro ecosystem.
  • 2. Embedded energy of on farm losses and energy analysis for maize production in Nigeria www.theijes.com The IJES Page 20 II. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected from the surveyed of maize growers in the agricultural zones of Oyo state categorized by the state agricultural development programme. The state is located in the south-west of Nigeria between latitude 70 3| and 90 12| north of the equator and longitudes 20 47| and 40 23| east of the meridian with average temperature of 27O C. Primary data (input and output energy sources and quantity per unit area) was collected with the help of questionnaire. The sampling technique employed was multistage stratified random sampling technique. The first stage involved purposive selection of four agricultural zones (Ibadan/Ibarapa, Ogbomosho, Oyo and Saki). The second stage involved purposive selection of two blocks from each zone making a total of 8 blocks. The third stage involved simple random selection of 5 maize growers each from the eight blocks. 40 maize growers were then interviewed between January and July 2013. The data was transformed to energy term by appropriate energy equivalent factors (Table1). The secondary data was obtained from statistical resource of Oyo Sate agricultural development programme. In the maize production agro ecosystem of this district, input energy sources included human labour, machinery, diesel fuel, fertilizer, chemicals and seeds; while output energy sources was maize grain yield. The standard equations 1-7 were the tools used in the estimations of embedded energy on-farm maize losses and energy flows during the production of maize. The quantity of on-farm losses was estimated based on 6% losses on Nigeria farm (FAOSTAT, 2012). Using equation 1 Embedded energy of on farm losses Table 1: Energy equivalent of input and output values in agricultural production. Input quantity per unit area h Energy equivalent (MJ/unit) Quantity per unit area Total energy equivalent (MJ) A. Input Human labor (h) 534.15 1046.93 Land preparation 1.96 52.15 102.21 Cultural practices 1.96 468 917.28 Harvesting 1.96 14 27.44 Machinery (h) 6.28 393.76 Land preparation 62.7 3.6 225.72 Cultural practices 62.7 0.93 58.31 Transportation 62.7 1.75 109.73 Diesel fuel (L) 47.8 40 1912 Fertilizers (kg) 200 5482.74 Nitrogen 64.4 66.7 4295.48 Phosphorus 11.1 66.7 740.37 Potassium 6.7 66.7 446.89 Chemicals 2.42 229.24 Pesticides 101.2 0.4 40.48 Herbicides 92 2 184 Fungicides 238 0.02 4.76 Seeds (kg) 17.5 25 437.5 Total energy input (MJ) 9502.17 B.Output Maize yied (kg) 17.5 1800 31500 Lost maize 17.5 114.89 2010.58 Total energy output(MJ) 33510.58 III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1 Input-output energy use The average yield of maize was 1800kg ha-1 with energy equivalent of 31500MJ. Table 2 shows the inputs used and output in maize production system in the studied area. The total energy requirement for producing maize crops was 9502.17MJha-1 .The main sources of total energy used in the production processes “Fig. 1” were 58, 20, 11,5and4% for fertilizer, diesel fuel, human labor, seeds and machinery respectively. Among the different energy sources, fertilizer was the highest energy consumer for the studied crops. The average use of fertilizer was 200kg ha-1 in the maize production. The result obtained in this study agrees with the findings of Lorzadeh et al. (2011) and Mobtaker et al. (2010) for maize production.
  • 3. Embedded energy of on farm losses and energy analysis for maize production in Nigeria www.theijes.com The IJES Page 21 3.2 Energy indicator in maize production The energy indicator of maize production agro ecosystem, energy use efficiencies, energy production net energy and agrochemical energy ratio of maize production are presented in Table 3. Energy use efficiency and specific energy in this agriculture system was determined to be 3.53 and 5.28MJkg-1 respectively. In a similar study by canakci et al.(2005) in Anatalya region of Turkey, the yield of maize production was calculated as 6600 kgha-1 with energy ratio of 3.8 and lower specific energy of 3.88 MJkg-1 . Low amount of energy use efficiency is an indication of inefficiency use of energy in maize production system (Banaeian and Zangeneh, 2011). The average energy productivity of maize production system was 0.19kgMJ-1 . This means that 0.60kg of maize was obtained per unit of energy or in the other word, in maize production system 5.26MJ energy used for producing one kg maize grain. Calculation of energy productivity ratio is well documented in the Literature. Jekayinfa et al. (2012) reported 0.79 for plantain production in Nigeria, while Lorzadeh et al. (2011) reported 0.13 for maize production in Iran. The net energy in this study for maize production was 24008.4 MJha-1 . Also agrochemical energy ratio of maize production agro ecosystem was also calculated as 60.11 percent which illustrate more energy consumption per fertilizer and chemical inputs in production (Khan et al., 2009). The shares of forms of energy “Fig. 2” are classified as Industrial (84.33%), biological (15.62%) or direct (31.14%) and indirect energy (68.86%). The higher ratio of industrial over biological energy and indirect over direct energy is in agreement with findings of Mohammedshirazi et al. (2012) for maize production. The results reveal that consumption of chemical fertilizers, diesel fuels and labour as the highest energy inputs for maize production in the zone. 3.3 Embedded energy The embedded energy in maize from year 2000-2012 is shown in Table 4. The total embedded energy in lost maize for the period of study was 6816.13MJ. The high loss of maize on Nigeria farm accounted for increased in embedded energy lost from 214.03-1995.53MJ. Year 2012 had the highest embedded energy lost (29.28%) followed by year 2011 (28.46%). The embedded energy lost estimated for year 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were 3.46, 3.48, 3.71, 3.77, 3.56 and 4.34 % of the total energy lost respectively. The embedded energy lost estimated for year 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 were 4.53, 4.27, 4.41 and 3.58% of total lost energy respectively. Year 2000 have the lowest embedded energy lost with the share of 3.14%. The embedded energy obtained in this study was higher than what was reported by Cu‟ellar (2010) for USA grains. It can be inferred that the embedded energy loss in this analysis represents a significant amount of lost energy through wasted maize. The intensity of energy discarded in wasted maize is more than energy intensity in certain agricultural operation such as manual land preparation and wet milling maize reported Jekayinfa et al. (2012) and Akinoso et al (2013) respectively. Consequently, the energy embedded in wasted maize represents a substantial target for decreasing on farm losses in Nigeria maize production. Table 2: Input and output and their energy equivalent in Nigeria maize production. Input quantity per unit area h Energy equivalent (MJ/unit) Quantity per unit area Total energy equivalent (MJ) A. Input Human labor (h) 534.15 1046.93 Land preparation 1.96 52.15 102.21 Cultural practices 1.96 468 917.28 Harvesting 1.96 14 27.44 Machinery (h) 6.28 393.76 Land preparation 62.7 3.6 225.72 Cultural practices 62.7 0.93 58.31 Transportation 62.7 1.75 109.73 Diesel fuel (L) 47.8 40 1912 Fertilizers (kg) 200 5482.74 Nitrogen 64.4 66.7 4295.48 Phosphorus 11.1 66.7 740.37 Potassium 6.7 66.7 446.89 Chemicals 2.42 229.24 Pesticides 101.2 0.4 40.48 Herbicides 92 2 184 Fungicides 238 0.02 4.76 Seeds (kg) 17.5 25 437.5 Total energy input (MJ) 9502.17 B.Output Maize yied (kg) 17.5 1800 31500 Lost maize 17.5 114.89 2010.58 Total energy output(MJ) 33510.58
  • 4. Embedded energy of on farm losses and energy analysis for maize production in Nigeria www.theijes.com The IJES Page 22 Table3: Indicator of energy use in maize production system Indicators Unit Quantity energy use efficiency 3.53 specific energy MJkg-1 5.28 energy productivity kgMJ-1 0.19 agrochemical energy ratio % 60.11 net energy MJha-1 24008.41 industrial energy MJha-1 8017.74 biological energy MJha-1 1484.43 direct energy MJha-1 2958.93 indirect energy MJha-1 6543.24 Table4: Farm yield, losses and embedded energy for maize production Production year On-farm losses(MT) Energy in yield(MJ) Embedded energy in lost maize(MJ) 2000 12.23 3566.5 214.3 2001 13.93 4064.2 243.78 2002 17.19 5013.05 300.83 2003 16.64 4854.5 291.20 2004 17.65 5147.28 308.88 2005 16.91 4933.08 295.938 2006 13.86 4042.5 242.55 2007 14.69 4284 257.08 2008 14.45 4213.83 252.88 2009 13.57 3956.4 237.48 2010 13.49 3934.88 236.08 2011 110.85 32330.38 1939.88 2012 114.03 33258.75 1995.53 11% 4% 20% 58% 2% 5% Humal labour Machinery Diesel fuel Ferterlizer Chemicals Seeds Figure1: Distribution of inputs energy in maize production
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