Título

Economics of crop residue management

Autor

Vijesh Krishna

Maxwell Mkondiwa

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Materias

Crop Biomass Residue Burning Environmental Effects CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA - (CTI) CROPS - (AGROVOC) BIOMASS - (AGROVOC) RESIDUES - (AGROVOC) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - (AGROVOC) CLIMATE CHANGE - (AGROVOC) SMALLHOLDERS - (AGROVOC) TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION - (AGROVOC)

Resumen o descripción

More than five billion metric tons of agricultural residues are produced annually worldwide. Despite having multiple uses and significant potential to augment crop and livestock production, a large share of crop residues is burned, especially in Asian countries. This unsustainable practice causes tremendous air pollution and health hazards while restricting soil nutrient recycling. In this review, we examine the economic rationale for unsustainable residue management. The sustainability of residue utilization is determined by several economic factors, such as local demand for and quantity of residue production, development and dissemination of technologies to absorb excess residue, and market and policy instruments to internalize the social costs of residue burning. The intervention strategy to ensure sustainable residue management depends on public awareness of the private and societal costs of open residue burning.

Fecha de publicación

2023

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Recurso de información

https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22942

Formato

application/pdf

Idioma

Inglés

Audiencia

Investigadores

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Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT

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