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The problem of stubble burning has grown to be of utmost concern in past few years especially in Northern India. The most prevalent rice-wheat cropping system in states like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh etc. features harvesting of paddy crop with mechanical combine harvesters which leaves a huge amount of stubble which is commonly burnt by the farmers for speedy sowing of next crop. The stubble burning in northern states is held responsible for several environmental and health issues which immediately needs to be addressed. Despite herculean efforts including judicial and legislative measures, the problem of stubble burning seems far from ending. Maximum number of stubble burning incidents was recorded from the state of Punjab. So, a study was carried out to find out which profile characteristics influence the stubble burning behaviour of farmers in Punjab. A total of 15 variables were taken for the study. Coefficient of correlation was found out for variables with ungrouped data while chi-square test was applied for grouped data variables to determine the relationships. It was found that only economic motivation of the farmers was in a positive and significant relationship with the stubble burning behaviour of the farmers.
Arpit Huria, Neelam Bhardwaj and Neelam Basera. 2021. Effect of Profile Characteristics on Stubble Burning Behaviour of farmers in Punjab.
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(2): 3283-3293. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.361
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