Energy use and economical analysis of Sugarcane production in Iran a case study: Debel Khazaeei agro-industry

The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of energy consumption i.e. the amount of input and output used in sugarcane production, to make an economical analysis at a sugarcane agro-industry company, named Debel Khazaeei in Khuzestan, Iran. To pursue the purpose of this study, data were collected from this company. The results indicated that total energy input was 78094.03 MJha -1 and total energy output was calculated as 104760 MJha -1 and electricity energy used in sugarcane production systems had a high share with 33.2 percent. Subsequently, water for irrigation, fertilizer, machinery, chemicals, seed cuttings and human labor used 25.1, 15, 5.2, 2.7, 2.6 and 0.6 percent energy respectively. The energy use efficiency, energy, and water productivity, energy-water productivity, agrochemical energy ratio, renewable energy and non-renewable energy of sugarcane production were 1.34, 1.12 KgMJ -1 , 2.8 Kg M -3 , 0.04 gr. (M -3 .Mj -1 ), 17.96%, 22094.46 MJha - 1 and 55999.57 MJha -1 respectively. The benefit-cost ratio from sugarcane production was calculated to be 0.71 that showed sugarcane production in Iran is not profitable.