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dc.contributor.authorCassou, Emilie
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-23T15:50:01Z
dc.date.available2018-03-23T15:50:01Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-23
dc.description.abstractThe practice of burning unwanted vegetation to prepare land for sowing crops or other farming activities is a worldwide and long-standing practice. Its tenacity, despite its harmful consequences for air quality, soil health, and the climate is a testament to its convenience and acceptance among farmers across a wide range of farming systems and agroclimatic zones. Burning is so broadly perceived as being natural that even its immediate toxicity is generally overlooked. Overall, there is no greater source of primary fine carbonaceous particles than biomass burning, and it is the second largest source of trace gases in the atmosphere. Yet while the polluting effects of burning are seldom a concern of agricultural producers, the act of burning often defies farmers’ own understanding of the multiple benefits of biomass residues, which include nourishing and improving soils. That said, the embrace in the past two decades of alternatives such as no-till farming on a fairly wide scale in parts of Europe, Asia, and especially the Americas, demonstrates that change is possible with the right mix of public sector support and regulation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/989351521207797690/Field-Burning
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29504
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29504
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAgricultural Pollution;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLLUTION
dc.subjectBIOMASS BURNING
dc.subjectBLACK CARBON EMISSION
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectGROUND LEVEL OZONE
dc.subjectCROP BURNING
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.titleField Burningen
dc.typeBriefen
dc.typeFichefr
dc.typeResumenes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29187 Challenge of Agricultural Pollution Book
okr.crossref.titleField Burning
okr.date.disclosure2018-03-22
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/989351521207797690/Field-Burning
okr.guid989351521207797690
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29504
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0857f5914_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29726458
okr.identifier.report124342
okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/989351521207797690/pdf/124342-BRI-p153343-PUBLIC-march-22-9-pm-WB-Knowledge-Burning.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.sectorAgriculture, Fishing and Forestry
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resource management :: Pollution management and environmental health
okr.topicAgriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.topicAgriculture::Crops & Crop Management Systems
okr.topicEnvironment::Brown Issues and Health
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnvironment::Pollution Management & Control
okr.unitENR GP EAP1 (GEN2A)
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