• Dr. Anil Jindal

With the development of modern technologies and an increase in agricultural products, crop straw yield has also been growing in South Asia. Furthermore, inadequate access to suitable technologies and machinery to sustainably utilize the straw or promote its recycled usage has led to its burning, causing air pollution, including through transboundary sources. Currently, crop residue burning is one of the primary sources of severe air pollution in many parts of this subregion. Aside from health issues for people and climate change impacts from the emission of greenhouse gases, there are adverse impacts on agricultural production and food security due to deteriorating soil health. While it is essential to adopt suitable technologies for efficient and effective crop residue management, it is crucial to remember that in order to create a sustainable solution, strategies addressing the residue burning should also focus on interventions that generate real economic and commercial value for crop residues so that their burning results in an economic loss to the farmers. Thus, this article, after a brief review of the connection between air pollution and crop residue burning, provides information on some of the available crop residue and paddy straw management technologies and the incentives behind using them.

Alternatives for crop burning, paddy straw burning, pusa decomposer.

"PADDY STRAW MANAGEMENT: SOIL & AIR POLLUTION CONTROL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no.g495-g498, November-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211696.pdf

"PADDY STRAW MANAGEMENT: SOIL & AIR POLLUTION CONTROL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no. ppg495-g498, November-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211696.pdf