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Its mostly Punjabi farmers stubble burning, they also use much more pesticide per sq m, than others farms in India.
by amriksohata 6y ago
Its mostly Punjabi farmers stubble burning, they also use much more pesticide per sq m, than others farms in India.
- 11235813213455 6y agorepeating the mistakes of other countries :(
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoThe legacy of ‘green revolution’.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoThere isn’t this problem in the south. Traditionally the rice bowl. India used to grow rice according to the monsoons. Rice was grown twice a year. The vindhya range was a buffer and bought rains from monsoon clouds. I don’t think it’s even feasible to grow rice at this scale in northern indian. It’s more wheat country. Indian farmers with tractors and GMO seeds and followed by pesticides and herbicides have been made to feel like super farmers and especially bolstered by green revolution. The green revolution was a disaster. It is NOT possible to increase yields without causing imbalance in the eco system, resource availability and resultant domino change/impact. This is all very tragic. The green revolution was a quick shot in the arm. Coaxing increased yields from soil should be used as an emergency measure..like a shot in the arm during times of need. It’s not sustainable over long periods of time supporting billions. It gives the false security of abundance and the underlying system will collapse because the soil is a living organism. It cannot bear this chemical warfare we are waging upon it.