The 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...
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Field Burning
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Cassou,Emilie.
Field Burning (English). Agricultural Pollution Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/989351521207797690