Authors
Robert Kitto
Abstract
The most common farming practice is burning of agriculture straw before or after harvest. India is an agricultural nation and produces a huge amount of agricultural wastes. The states of India like Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh consist of chief areas under the cropping-system of rice-wheat. Every year farmers belongs to Punjab and Haryana set paddy stubble ablaze to formulate ground for the subsequent crop. Farmer adopted this phenomenon because it is very inexpensive and quickly clears the fields. But straw burning or stubble burning can cause serious environmental problems. Hence later these residues burns and release gases like sulphur dioxide, black carbon, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, , aerosols as well as black carbon etc. which directly disturb the universal climatic condition of atmosphere. This review paper covers the effects of stubble burning, also suggested some management options for crop residues and the relevant steps and role taken by the government to determine and solve the problem related with it. Keywords: Residues, Stubble Burning, Environment, Pollution
Introduction
The act of removing dry stubble or crop residue after harvest by setting fire is known as stubble burning and also considered as the exercise of utilizing the fire to decrease or arrangement of vegetative debris. As Burning is known to be an easy task and also considered as the monetary option for controlling of residues of crop. The burning of residues of crop are not degraded only the quality of atmosphere as well as affect the weather and temperature with including the eventual health of human. These residues are consider as the chief cause of pollution caused by gases like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and other related Halogen compounds. It is also an important cause of aerosol in the present atmosphere and taking possible effect on chemistry and air quality of climate worldwide. As per as IPCC, the 25% of the residues of crop are scorched on farm. The current study the portion of residue of crop exposed to burning ranged from 8–80% for rice paddies transversely the states. 80% of rice straw was scorched in its original position in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh (Jain, 2014)
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