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Sustainability implications of burning rice-and wheat-straw in Punjab [1]

Yields from the rice-wheat cropping system in the Indo-Gangetic plain are declining despite the increasing use of chemical fertilizers. Crop residues are important components of soil fertility management, but are burnt in some areas such as Punjab state.

Publication Date: 
26/09/1998
B S Sidhu [2], O P Rupela [3], V Beri & et al [4]
Economic and Political Weekly [5]
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Air Pollution [6], Agriculture [7], Natural Fertilisers [8], Rice [9], Wheat [10], Crop Residues [11], Carbon Dioxide [12], Farmers [13], Punjab [14]
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