Fields on Fire: Impact and Alternatives to Stubble Burning in India

In almost all states of India, crop residue burning is a common practice that has induced detrimental effects on the environment, soil, and health. Although stubble felony under Section 188 Indian Penal Code (IPC) Air Pollution Control Act (may be utilised for cow feed, composted with manure, rural roofing, beverage production, packaging materials, bioethanol, among others) but these are adopted rarely because unawareness. According to various surveys, farmers in many India. This mainly due government’s silence, which cannot stop such activities. The purpose this review illustrate current state stubble-burning procedures agricultural waste disposal India present numerous potential strategies valorisation Overall, paper gives an in-depth overview impacts as well other, more promising management options, use bioenergy. If widely implemented, could not only reduce negative environmental management, also add value global industry.