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Crop Residue Burning in India: Potential Solutions

In: Agricultural Waste - New Insights

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  • kawaljeet kaur
  • Preetpal Singh

Abstract

With its second-largest agro-based economy and year-round crop production, India produces a lot of agricultural waste, including crop residues. Because India lacks effective sustainable management methods, an estimated 92 seems like a very small quantity of metric tons of crop waste burned each year, causing excessive particulate matter emissions and air pollution. Burning crop residue has grown into a serious environmental problem that threatens human health and causes global warming. Composting, making biochar, and mechanization are a few effective sustainable solutions that can assist in resolving the issue while maintaining the nutrients found in the agricultural residue in the soil. In order to promote environmentally friendly management practices, the Indian government has launched a number of programs and campaigns.

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  • kawaljeet kaur & Preetpal Singh, 2023. "Crop Residue Burning in India: Potential Solutions," Chapters, in: Fiaz Ahmad & Muhammad Sultan (ed.), Agricultural Waste - New Insights, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:275749
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.107457
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    Keywords

    India; agricultural waste; crop residue; field residue; process residue; crop residue burning; biochar; composting; biogas; policy challenges;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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