Socioeconomic and Environmental Implications of Agricultural Residue Burning: A Case Study of Punjab, India

by Surender Kumar, Parmod Kumar, Laxmi Joshi

This book discusses the important issue of the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of agricultural residue burning, common in agricultural practices in many parts of the world. In particular, it focuses on the pollution caused by rice residue burning using primary survey data from Punjab, India. It discusses emerging solutions to agricultural waste burning that are cost-effective in terms of both money and time. The burning of agricultural residue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 813222146X
• ISBN13: 9788132221463
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"