Energy Use and Carbon Emissions of Dried Apricot Production in Türkiye

Energy Use and Carbon Emissions of Dried Apricot Production in Türkiye | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Energy Use and Carbon Emissions of Dried Apricot Production in Türkiye Ahmet ASLAN, Orhan GÜNDÜZ, Çağatay YILDIRIM This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7913428/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 11 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This study examines the energy efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of dried apricot production in Turkey. Using data collected from 285 dried apricot producers during the 2019–2020 production season, energy inputs and outputs, net energy, and carbon emissions were analyzed. The findings show that the energy output is 16,103.4 MJ ha⁻¹, and dried apricots account for 86.8% of the energy output with an energy value of 13,972.1 MJ ha⁻¹, while the apricot kernels obtained as a by-product have an energy value of 2,131.3 MJ ha⁻¹ and account for 13.2%. The Energy Use Efficiency (EUE) of dried apricot production was calculated as 0.56. For dried apricot production, 1 MJ of energy consumption corresponds to 0.56 MJ of energy, indicating a relatively high energy input compared to the output. The primary energy inputs required for production are electricity (59.62%) and manpower (12.38%). In dried apricot production, NRE (86.2%) energy inputs are significantly higher than RE (13.8%). Total greenhouse gas emissions from dried apricot production were determined to be 3,034.2 kg CO 2-eq ha⁻¹. Energy-efficient technologies must be used in dried apricot production. Dried apricots Energy use Carbon emissions Türkiye Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Supplementary Files Titlepage.docx Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 11 Nov, 2025 Reviews received at journal 08 Nov, 2025 Reviews received at journal 30 Oct, 2025 Reviews received at journal 30 Oct, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 30 Oct, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 28 Oct, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 28 Oct, 2025 Reviewers invited by journal 28 Oct, 2025 Editor assigned by journal 23 Oct, 2025 Submission checks completed at journal 23 Oct, 2025 First submitted to journal 21 Oct, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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