Determinants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.

The open burning of agricultural crop residue is a key environmental issue facing the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, the Indo-Gangetic plain in particular. There is a varying intensity in the incidence of open agricultural burning in this region, and multiple drivers that determine why farmers in this...

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Autores principales:	Sugat B Bajracharya, Arabinda Mishra, Amina Maharjan
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bce471530cac415790f55603d94ef3e22021-12-02T20:09:45ZDeterminants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0253939https://doaj.org/article/bce471530cac415790f55603d94ef3e22021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253939https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The open burning of agricultural crop residue is a key environmental issue facing the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, the Indo-Gangetic plain in particular. There is a varying intensity in the incidence of open agricultural burning in this region, and multiple drivers that determine why farmers in this region decide to burn their crop residues. While there have been research studies conducted for other countries in the region, research into the determinants of crop-burning in the Nepalese context is missing. Using primary data from a survey of 388 farming households across three districts of the Nepal Terai-Nawalparasi, Rupandehi and Kapilvastu-applying a recursive bivariate probit model, this study seeks to find out what drives the Nepalese farmers to burn their crop residue instead of using them in a sustainable manner and suggest policy recommendations for mitigation. Our findings show that the major determining factors that influence the farmers' behavior in Nepal are livestock ownership, combine harvester use and awareness level of the farmers. While the effects of crop residue burning is transboundary in nature, the mitigation measures require to be region specific. Based on the findings, the study proposes raising livestock, using technology like Happy Seeders or upgrade the combine harvesters, raising awareness and changing perception of farmers, and promoting alternative uses of crop residue as viable mitigation measures.Sugat B BajracharyaArabinda MishraAmina MaharjanPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0253939 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Sugat B Bajracharya Arabinda Mishra Amina Maharjan Determinants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.
description	The open burning of agricultural crop residue is a key environmental issue facing the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, the Indo-Gangetic plain in particular. There is a varying intensity in the incidence of open agricultural burning in this region, and multiple drivers that determine why farmers in this region decide to burn their crop residues. While there have been research studies conducted for other countries in the region, research into the determinants of crop-burning in the Nepalese context is missing. Using primary data from a survey of 388 farming households across three districts of the Nepal Terai-Nawalparasi, Rupandehi and Kapilvastu-applying a recursive bivariate probit model, this study seeks to find out what drives the Nepalese farmers to burn their crop residue instead of using them in a sustainable manner and suggest policy recommendations for mitigation. Our findings show that the major determining factors that influence the farmers' behavior in Nepal are livestock ownership, combine harvester use and awareness level of the farmers. While the effects of crop residue burning is transboundary in nature, the mitigation measures require to be region specific. Based on the findings, the study proposes raising livestock, using technology like Happy Seeders or upgrade the combine harvesters, raising awareness and changing perception of farmers, and promoting alternative uses of crop residue as viable mitigation measures.
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title	Determinants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.
title_short	Determinants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.
title_full	Determinants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.
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Determinants of crop residue burning practice in the Terai region of Nepal.

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