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Tradeoffs between groundwater conservation and air pollution from agricultural fires in northwest India

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  • Balwinder-Singh

    (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

  • Andrew J. McDonald

    (Cornell University)

  • Amit K. Srivastava

    (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

  • Bruno Gerard

    (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

Abstract

Air pollution imposes enormous public health and economic burdens in northwest India. Groundwater conservation policies appear to be exacerbating the crisis by concentrating agricultural burning in the late fall with a 39% higher peak fire intensity occurring when meteorological conditions favour poor air quality. Reconciling food security, resource depletion and environmental quality tradeoffs is necessary for achieving sustainable development in the breadbasket region of India.

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  • Balwinder-Singh & Andrew J. McDonald & Amit K. Srivastava & Bruno Gerard, 2019. "Tradeoffs between groundwater conservation and air pollution from agricultural fires in northwest India," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 2(7), pages 580-583, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:2:y:2019:i:7:d:10.1038_s41893-019-0304-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0304-4
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    1. Rudri Bhatt & Amanda Giang & Milind Kandlikar, 2023. "Incentivizing alternatives to agricultural waste burning in Northern India: trust, awareness, and access as barriers to adoption," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 358-370, September.
    2. Manru Wei & Xiaoming Chuai & Yisai Li & Jingwen Han & Chunxia Zhang, 2024. "Decoupling Analysis between Socio-Economic Growth and Air Pollution in Key Regions of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-23, September.
    3. Ruoyu Lan & Sebastian D. Eastham & Tianjia Liu & Leslie K. Norford & Steven R. H. Barrett, 2022. "Air quality impacts of crop residue burning in India and mitigation alternatives," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
    4. Downing, Andrea S. & Kumar, Manish & Andersson, August & Causevic, Amar & Gustafsson, Örjan & Joshi, Niraj U. & Krishnamurthy, Chandra Kiran B. & Scholtens, Bert & Crona, Beatrice, 2022. "Unlocking the unsustainable rice-wheat system of Indian Punjab: Assessing alternatives to crop-residue burning from a systems perspective," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    5. Bo Li & Jicong Yang & Wei Sun, 2022. "Can Expanding Cultural Consumption Improve Urban Air Quality? An Analysis Based on China’s Cultural Consumption Pilot Policy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-20, December.
    6. Agarwala, Meghna & Bhattacharjee, Shampa & Dasgupta, Aparajita, 2022. "Unintended consequences of Indian groundwater preservation law on crop residue burning," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
    7. B. Kelsey Jack & Seema Jayachandran & Namrata Kala & Rohini Pande, 2022. "Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning," NBER Working Papers 30690, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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