iarjalsIARJALSIARJALS2708-510410.47310/iarjals.2020.v01i02.022Mapping of Agricultural Residues Potential: Example of Konya Province in TurkeyCengizKaracaHatay Mustafa Kemal University, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Hatay, TurkeyThe aim of this study was to determine the biomass potential and the energy value, being produced from agricultural residues in Konya province. Konya is a province of Turkey on the Central Anatolian region. Konya province is divided into 31 districts. Konya is the province with the largest agricultural land in Turkey with 1,886,795 hectares. The amounts of residues from the agricultural crops cultivated in Konya province were calculated using production data of crops with Turkish Statistical Institute for the 2018 seasonal years. The annual gross potential of agricultural residues was determined by using residue to product ratio. The energy potential of residues for each districts was calculated by multiplication of the calorific values of agricultural residues with the available residue amount. The total amount of agricultural residues was approximately 2228 kt.year-1. It was found that the total calorific value of the agricultural residues was around 38.40 PJ.year-1 for the production period of 2018 in the province. When districts put in order according to the amount of agricultural residues, the top five districts of Konya are Karapınar (343.34 kt), Karatay (329.48 kt), Çumra (325.88 kt), Altınekin (213.52 kt) and Cihanbeyli (189.96 kt). The major crops included in the ratio of the total calorific value were maize (51.0%), grains straw (26.0%) and sunflower (20.3%).