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Not AvailableA linear programming approach has been developed for estimating/projecting the energy requirement in agricultural sector. The approach uses the maximization of yield subject to the constraints on the availability of energy from different sources like Human labour, Animal labour, Diesel, Electricity, Seed Rate, Farmyard Manure (FYM), Fertilizer, Chemicals, Machinery, total energy, etc. The procedure has also been used for minimization of total energy for obtaining a given level of yield. The concept of energy use efficiency has also been introduced. This technique has been extensively used by the All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Energy Requirement in Agricultural Sector, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal at all its 12 Centres around the country.Not Availabl