farmers burn their field to dispose off waste products, which cause a lot of pollution. Do you think it is the right thing to do? if not, suggest what farmers can do to dispose off waste products.
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A new study has found that farmers in north India can not only help reduce air pollution but also improve the productivity of their soil and earn more profits if they stop burning their crop residue and instead adopted the concept of no-till farming.
The researchers compared the cost and benefits of 10 distinct land preparation and sowing practices for rice-wheat cropping rotations prevalent in north India, spread across more than four million hectares. They also collected primary date from 1,015 farmers in Punjab.
Based on this, they have concluded that the direct seeding of wheat into unplowed soil and with rice residues left behind was the best option. It saved on water, labour and use of agro-chemicals, reduced green house gas emissions, and improved soil health and crop yield and thus benefitting both farmers and the society at large.
The Happy Seeder option will eliminate air pollution by crop burning and reduce green house gas emissions (GHG) from on-farm activities by more than 78 per cent relative to all burning options.
The Happy Seeder-based systems are on average 20 per cent more profitable than the most common ‘burnt’ systems and almost 10 per cent more than the most profitable burning options, found the study.
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