Tradeoffs between groundwater conservation and air pollution from agricultural fires in northwest India

Balwinder-Singh, Andrew J. McDonald (), Amit K. Srivastava and Bruno Gerard
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Balwinder-Singh: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Andrew J. McDonald: Cornell University
Amit K. Srivastava: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Bruno Gerard: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Nature Sustainability, 2019, vol. 2, issue 7, 580-583

Abstract: Abstract Air pollution imposes enormous public health and economic burdens in northwest India. Groundwater conservation policies appear to be exacerbating the crisis by concentrating agricultural burning in the late fall with a 39% higher peak fire intensity occurring when meteorological conditions favour poor air quality. Reconciling food security, resource depletion and environmental quality tradeoffs is necessary for achieving sustainable development in the breadbasket region of India.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0304-4

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