Valorization of Hazelnut Biomass Framework in Turkey: Support and Model Guidelines from the Italian Experience in the Field of Renewable Energy

In this study, we illustrate the results which were obtained using a comparative protocol concerning hazelnut production framework with special references to Turkey and Italy. Investigation includes supply, exports and several internal organization patterns. Emphasis was laid on proposing agro-forest biomass derived by hazelnut cultivations for renewable energy production via small-scale applications, in order to enhance farmers’ income within Turkish individual agro-districts. Due to importance of Turkey in world hazelnut trade, it is interesting to project some enhancements which have been already carried out in Italy. A consolidated protocol using DEA analyses gave evidence to the possibility of stabilizing both domestic and world prices along with differentiating hazelnut farmer’s income.

[1]  Ayhan Demirbas,et al.  Importance of biomass energy sources for Turkey , 2008 .

[2]  Riccardo Massantini,et al.  Increasing espresso coffee brew antioxidant capacity using phenolic extract recovered from hazelnut skin waste , 2012 .

[3]  Maurizio Carlini,et al.  Energy Characterization and Gasification of Biomass Derived by Hazelnut Cultivation: Analysis of Produced Syngas by Gas Chromatography , 2012 .

[4]  Tarmo Räty.  Efficient Facet Based Efficiency Index: A Variable Returns to Scale Specification , 2002 .

[5]  A. Çelik,et al.  Radioactivity and heavy metal levels in hazelnut growing in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. , 2009, Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association.

[6]  Kürşat Demiryürek,et al.  Analysis of information systems and communication networks for organic and conventional hazelnut producers in the Samsun province of Turkey , 2010 .

[7]  Cristiana Delprete,et al.  Corrigendum to “Mechanical characterization of kernel and shell of hazelnuts: Proposal of an experimental procedure” [J. Food Eng. 124 (2014) 28–34] , 2014 .

[8]  Çetin Kadakal,et al.  Patulin & ergosterol: new quality parameters together with aflatoxins in hazelnuts. , 2014, Food chemistry.

[9]  M. Farrell.  The Measurement of Productive Efficiency , 1957 .

[10]  Kürşat Demiryürek,et al.  The analysis of information systems and communication networks for organic and conventional hazelnut producers in Samsun province of Turkey. , 2009 .

[11]  Abraham Charnes,et al.  Measuring the efficiency of decision making units , 1978 .

[12]  Alireza Amirteimoori,et al.  Efficient surfaces and an efficiency index in DEA: a constant returns to scale , 2005, Appl. Math. Comput..

[13]  Sedat Keleş,et al.  Global warming and renewable energy sources for sustainable development: A case study in Turkey , 2008 .

[14]  Danilo Monarca,et al.  Effects of controlled atmospheres and low temperature on storability of chestnuts manually and mechanically harvested , 2011 .

[15]  Kamil Kaygusuz,et al.  Biomass energy potential in Turkey , 2002 .

[16]  Maurizio Carlini,et al.  Gasification of agroforestry biomasses by means of a multi-reactor gasifier for electric power production: experimental tests and syngas analysis , 2009 .

[17]  Danilo Monarca,et al.  Feasibility of Vis/NIR spectroscopy for detection of flaws in hazelnut kernels , 2013 .

[18]  A. Charnes,et al.  Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis , 1984 .

[19]  Gunnur Kocar,et al.  Biodiesel from the perspective of Turkey: Past, present and future , 2013 .

[20]  Cristiana Delprete,et al.  Mechanical characterization of kernel and shell of hazelnuts: Proposal of an experimental procedure , 2014 .

[21]  Kamil Kaygusuz,et al.  Renewable energy potential and utilization in Turkey. , 2003 .