How to get farmers to not burn crop residue
By Kelsey Jack, Namrata Kala, Rohini Pande, and Seema Jayachandran
October 13, 2021
In a few weeks, millions in India will breathe much more polluted air as farmers across northern India burn stubble to clear fields for the winter wheat sowing season. It is both a health and an environmental hazard that repeats every year — one that a 2018 Lancet study found to be the number one reason for premature deaths in India. Cash payments — despite failed past attempts — remain a promising way to address this health emergency in the short run.
Annually, Indian farmers set some 92 million tones of crop residues on fire.
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