Nudges and compensation: Evaluating experimental evidence on controlling rice straw burning

Determinants of wheat residue burning: Evidence from India

“…In this respect, policymakers could use informational campaigns or nudges to encourage individuals to conform to social norms of pro-environmental behaviors. For instance, [39] provide a meta-analysis of field experiments that rely on social norms in promoting pro-environmental choices; [18] consider the same in a crop residue burning context.…”

“…In the case of India, much of the recent research on CRB has focused on the rice crop in particular [3,5,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Rice is the major summer crop in large parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains.…”

Crop residue burning increased during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study of rural India

“…The postharvest burning of agricultural stubble or crop residue is a major policy concern for public health, agriculture, and environmental sustainability in several developing economies. Each year, countries like India, China, Egypt, Pakistan, and Thailand witness increases in air pollution from postharvest crop residue burning (CRB) [ [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] ]. The smoke from CRB spreads to neighboring rural towns and urban centers [ [6] , [7] , [8] ] and leads to increases in respiratory illnesses [ 9 , 10 ].…”

“… 7 Lopes et al [ 4 ] show that farmers who [ 1 ] think that CRB is a common practice [ 2 ], think that CRB diminishes soil quality [ 3 ], have a larger size of cultivated land, and [ 4 ] have better quality houses, are more likely to use CRB. …”

“… 9 For example, Lopes et al [ 3 ] show in a field experiment that conditional cash transfers to farmers who use environmentally-friendly residue management methods can go a long way in lowering the occurrence of CRB. …”