crop burning
Agricultural stubble torching
Crop burning is the agricultural practice of setting fire to fields after harvest to clear stubble, kill pests, and prepare soil for the next planting.
Though efficient and cheap, it releases smoke and particulates that cause severe air pollution.
Seasonal crop burning in northern India contributes to hazardous smog across the region: Crop burning in Punjab sends thick haze over Delhi every fall.
- stubbleShort regrown facial hair
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- harvestGathering mature crops
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
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- farm problemssoil erosion, soil depletion, water pollution, fertilizer runoff, overgrazing
- pollutionair pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, smog, toxic waste
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- peasant revoltsPeasants' Revolt, peasant uprising, bread riot
crop burningcarbon sequestration
Removing and storing atmospheric CO2
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