Energy Analysis for Global Berry Fruit Production
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors1. Include a map with the localization of research areas in the Material and methods chapter.
2. Improve the readability of fig. 6 and 10.
3. Why the work did not take into account energy consumption in the production of the descibed fruits (strawberries, grapes) in the EU countries? It would certainly enrich the cognitive dimension of this manuscript.
Author Response
ANSWERS TO THE REVIEWERS COMMENTS (Given in RED)
REVIEWER-1
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
- Include a map with the localization of research areas in the Material and methods chapter.
- Fig. 1 was added, which shows the location of the examined places for all berry fruits.
- Improve the readability of fig. 6 and 10.
- Fig. 6 and Fig. 10 were both improved for better readability.
- Why the work did not take into account energy consumption in the production of the descibed fruits (strawberries, grapes) in the EU countries? It would certainly enrich the cognitive dimension of this manuscript.
- This study contains published papers data till now. Up to the authors’ best knowledge there is no any published study for berry fruits in EU countries.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe idea of the paper is valuable, but it is needed to develop it adequately.
Abstract: it would be appropriate to mention here the working paper methodology and the research methods used; similarly, the results must be presented more punctually in the form of clear conclusions; concretely, from where it started and where it arrived; the purpose of the work is missing from the abstract.
What is the purpose for which this energy consumption is analyzed? What kind of energy is referred to and why?
A common denominator of energy consumption would be needed to be able to compare plants, given that they have different energy content and development systems.
Introduction: very brief and unclear; does not reveal the context of the research;
Table 1 is too abrupt in the text, and in the introduction, without having a suitable place here.
From what year are the data in this table and how relevant are they for the study? Nor does the table have a source and a timely report (year, period, etc.)
On what criteria was the selection of these data chosen, from Table 1 and later, and for what purpose? The role of these data is not understood.
The title says "different countries", but in the paper, there is a selection of some countries, in a very limited number and only from certain geographic regions. What criteria were the basis of this selection?
Line 74-75: I don't think there are statistics on fruit production in the world; if so, it should be mentioned;
Why is this comparison made between countries? What do the authors want to emphasize?
It is a simple descriptive paper, no research system has been identified.
Material and method: much too brief; does not render the working methodology
Figure 1: why China? What is highlighted by these data?
Too many irrelevant figures.
Irrelevant, inconclusive, and very brief conclusions.
What is the real contribution of the authors?
Line 39: the literature states that agriculture is one of the sectors with the highest energy consumption; to review the author's affirmation;
Line 79: ” Different energy norms” must be developed, it is essential to know these norms and what exactly they refer to;
Poor introduction, poor literature;
Tables without sources and interpretation.
Author Response
ANSWERS TO THE REVIEWERS COMMENTS (Given in RED)
REVIEWER-2
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
Abstract: it would be appropriate to mention here the working paper methodology and the research methods used; similarly, the results must be presented more punctually in the form of clear conclusions; concretely, from where it started and where it arrived; the purpose of the work is missing from the abstract.
What is the purpose for which this energy consumption is analyzed? What kind of energy is referred to and why?
A common denominator of energy consumption would be needed to be able to compare plants, given that they have different energy content and development systems.
- The abstract was revised according to the reviewers comments.
Introduction: very brief and unclear; does not reveal the context of the research;
Table 1 is too abrupt in the text, and in the introduction, without having a suitable place here.
- Table 1 was removed and the paragraph is revised.
From what year are the data in this table and how relevant are they for the study? Nor does the table have a source and a timely report (year, period, etc.)
On what criteria was the selection of these data chosen, from Table 1 and later, and for what purpose? The role of these data is not understood.
- Table 1 was removed.
The title says "different countries", but in the paper, there is a selection of some countries, in a very limited number and only from certain geographic regions. What criteria were the basis of this selection?
- The title of the paper was changed according to the reviewers comments. The energy data were taken from the published papers, so the countries are limited because of this.
Line 74-75: I don't think there are statistics on fruit production in the world; if so, it should be mentioned;
Why is this comparison made between countries? What do the authors want to emphasize?
- Although there are many statistical data about agricultural production all over the World on FAO Statistical Database, the Table 1 was removed.
It is a simple descriptive paper; no research system has been identified.
- Table 1 (in revised paper) and Eq. 1-4 were used for the calculations, they explains how the analysis are made.
Material and method: much too brief; does not render the working methodology
- One paragraph was added to the end of the Material and Method section to make it more understanding.
Figure 1: why China? What is highlighted by these data?
- For wolfberry production, there are only 2 published papers for Türkiye and China, so they were compared.
Too many irrelevant figures.
Irrelevant, inconclusive, and very brief conclusions.
- For such a big data, we tried to summarize the results.
What is the real contribution of the authors?
- This study shows the situation of the different countries in berry fruit production in terms of energy input and output. Therefore, better production techniques could be preferred by the other countries. With this study, one can implement various strategies to guarantee efficient energy utilization in agricultural production systems and to embrace a more efficacious approach concerning sustainability, the environment, and energy.
Line 39: the literature states that agriculture is one of the sectors with the highest energy consumption; to review the author's affirmation;
- It does not say the reviewers’ comment, please read the first sentence of the paragraph!. Agriculture is one of the significant energy consumer.
Line 79: ” Different energy norms” must be developed, it is essential to know these norms and what exactly they refer to;
Poor introduction, poor literature;
- It is coreected as “Different energy froms”, just a letter mistake.
Tables without sources and interpretation.
- Table 1 is removed, the new Table 1 has references at the end.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe current study entitled “Energy Analysis of Berry Fruits Production in Different Countries” is good. For a better understanding in-depth, it is a need time to work on this topic. Followings are some comments to the manuscript.
1. Please precise the title of the manuscript showing the exact point of study.
2. It is very important to clarify the necessity of research in the abstract. The systematic abstract is missing. Introduce the need for study in 1-2 lines. And lack of methods and conclusions in the abstract, and lack of logic for the description of the results, from the choice of crops, or from the perspective of energy analysis ? In addition, line 23 'The human factor is very important in fruit production.' does not need to be written in the summary results.
3. As per standard suggestions, the number of keywords is 3-5. Please rewrite the keywords according to the manuscript content, and avoid using title words as keywords.
4. What new things have authors done or correlated in this research compared to old ones?
5. The results, and conclusions chapter is presented very well but I suggest, please provide a conclusive conclusion. And Give future prospective regarding this research.
6. There are also some problems in the format of the references. For example, the font format of the 16th reference is obviously different from that of other references. Some references lack spaces after symbols (Line 462-463). Some references have parentheses added to the year of publication, while others do not (Such as line 456-465). Therefore, I suggest that the author carefully check the format problem before accepting the publication.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageQuality of english language is all right.
Author Response
ANSWERS TO THE REVIEWERS COMMENTS (Given in RED)
REVIEWER-3
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
- Please precise the title of the manuscript showing the exact point of study.
- The title of the paper was changed.
- It is very important to clarify the necessity of research in the abstract. The systematic abstract is missing. Introduce the need for study in 1-2 lines. And lack of methods and conclusions in the abstract, and lack of logic for the description of the results, from the choice of crops, or from the perspective of energy analysis ? In addition, line 23 'The human factor is very important in fruit production.' does not need to be written in the summary results.
- The abstract was revised according to the reviewers comments. Line 23 was removed.
- As per standard suggestions, the number of keywords is 3-5. Please rewrite the keywords according to the manuscript content, and avoid using title words as keywords.
- The keywords were revised.
- What new things have authors done or correlated in this research compared to old ones?
The authors compared different countries for energy analysis of 4 different berry fruits. The results were given and compared.
- The results, and conclusions chapter is presented very well but I suggest, please provide a conclusive conclusion. And Give future prospective regarding this research.
The following paragraph was added to the manuscript” Each fruit production mentioned in this stud has its own unique input use. Type of production (open field, organic, conventional, greenhouse) changes energy use and subsequently energy parameters change. For this reason, precautions should be taken to increase energy use efficiency in each type of production (open field, organic, conventional, greenhouse).”
- There are also some problems in the format of the references. For example, the font format of the 16th reference is obviously different from that of other references. Some references lack spaces after symbols (Line 462-463). Some references have parentheses added to the year of publication, while others do not (Such as line 456-465). Therefore, I suggest that the author carefully check the format problem before accepting the publication.
- All references were reviewed and corrected.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe authors tried to make some efforts to improve the paper, but the results obtained are insufficient to elaborate a final better paper. If the formal improvements are realized, the content is not clarified (as the decision to keep many descriptive figures in the paper or the explanation of the limited countries used for analysis).
Author Response
- The authors tried to make some efforts to improve the paper, but the results obtained are insufficient to elaborate a final better paper. If the formal improvements are realized, the content is not clarified (as the decision to keep many descriptive figures in the paper or the explanation of the limited countries used for analysis).
In all berry fruits, a small paragraph added to improve the paper. Give only minimum and maximum values to avoid to much numbers.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe authors have addressed all of them in revised manuscript
Author Response
COMMENTS ON REVIEWER-3 (Second round)
- The authors have addressed all of them in revised manuscript
Thank you very much for your carefull evaluation.
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Round 3
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsI congrats the authors on the effort to improve the paper, with the hope that they will continue and develop the idea, in a much higher form.
