Why is there no stubble burning in South India?

News By Sumit Jha November 18, 2022 Read the article

Every year, the burning of stubble sheaths the northern states of India in a blanket of smog.

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The Green Revolution changed the traditional cultivation practices in Haryana and Punjab with government-sponsored wheat-paddy cycle.

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Farmers got rich with two rice cycles in a season and were also guaranteed Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) from the two governments.

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With more production of rice, the groundwater in the region was depleted.

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To tackle the issue, the governments of Punjab and Haryana introduced legislation to delay the transplanting of paddy.

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However, the law meant the harvesting season had to be pushed back from late September to end-October and early November.

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“The stubble can decompose on its own, but for that, the farmer has to leave it in the field for at least a month,” GV Ramanjaneyulu told South First.

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“But since they want to start wheat cultivation quickly, farmers choose to burn the stubble.”

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The situation is different in South India. “First of all, we don’t have any restrictions on when we can sow the paddy.”

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Another reason farmers in the South do not burn the stubble is that there is no pressure on them to start sowing wheat.

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In the South, farmers grow other rabi crops such as pulses and millets.

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