Impacts of Mechanized Crop Residue Management on Rice-Wheat Cropping System—A Review

Residue management has become a new challenge for Indian agriculture and agricultural growth, as well environmental preservation. The rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) is predominantly followed in the Indo-Gangetic plain (IGP), resulting generating large volume of residue. Annually, India produces 620 MT crop residue, with rice wheat accounting 234 surplus 30% total. Farmers are resorting to burning residue due short window between paddy harvest seeding rabi season crops, namely wheat, potato, vegetables, speedy field preparation. Burning residues pollutes environment, thus having adverse effects on human animal health, resulted loss plant important elements. This problem particularly prevalent rice-wheat-dominant states such Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. If we may use situ retention after chopper spreader, sowing Happy seeder/zero drill/special drill full load, or load incorporation conventional tillage, not sole approach management. In addition, off-farm generated being utilized feed raw materials industries. While there regional variations many mechanization drivers needs, wide range components can be transported places fit local conditions. article focuses innovations, methods, tactics that relevant various systems particular geographical areas. also stresses need thorough analysis amount generated, utilization using modern mechanical equipment, their positive negative yield attributes, weed diversity, soil physic-chemical, biological properties, beneficial, harmful nematode populations IGP, which will aid researchers policymakers farming research priorities policy ensuring sustainability RWCS.