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Why Do Farmers Burn Rice Residue? Examining Farmers’ Choices in Punjab, Pakistan

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  • Tanvir Ahmed
  • Bashir Ahmad

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Burning agriculture residues has multiple negative effects including local air pollution, increase in black carbon and contributions to regional and global climate change. This study seeks to understand why farmers burn rice residue by analyzing the residue adoption choices of farmers in the rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab, Pakistan. [SANDEE Working Paper, No 76–13]. URL:[http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/1006_PUB_Working_Paper_76_Tanvir.pdf].

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  • Tanvir Ahmed & Bashir Ahmad, 2013. "Why Do Farmers Burn Rice Residue? Examining Farmers’ Choices in Punjab, Pakistan," Working Papers id:5371, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:5371
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    1. Tanvir Ahmed & Bashir Ahmad, 2014. "Burning of Crop Residue and its Potential for Electricity Generation," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 53(3), pages 275-292.

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