The Economic Causes Of Crop Residue Burning In The Rice-Wheat System Of The Indo-Gangetic Plain
Ridhima Gupta (Evaluation Specialist from Oxford Policy Management) and E. Somanathan (Professor from Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute)
This project was to examine the impact of means of farming on pollution. As Punjab, a North Indian state, where the main occupation is agriculture, the farmers are using high-tech equipment compared to other parts of India. This survey-based study was focused on the machine by name Zero Till. This machine can plough the rice residue in the field and this can improve the fertility of land and there will be no need to burn rice residue. However, some of the farmers think this method to be too time and money consuming.
MORSEL was involved in this project in the pilot survey and sampling process. The survey was held in 4 districts of Punjab.
Location: Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
