Spatial Patterns of Stubble Burning during Kharif Season: A Geographical Analysis of Punjab
Published: 2023
Author(s) Name: Rohit Kumar, Navneet Kaur |
Author(s) Affiliation: Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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Abstract
The Agricultural state of Punjab is dominated by paddy
and wheat cropping patterns because of extensive
agricultural land and fertile plains of rivers - Ravi, Sutlej
and Beas. During the kharif season, paddy is the most
sown crop by farmers of Punjab, which leads to stubble
burning after crop harvesting. Existing literature shows
that there has been a dearth of studies on patterns of
stubble burning in Punjab during the kharif season.
Therefore, the major objective of the present study is to
analyse the pattern of stubble burning in Punjab during
the kharif season and to highlight the factors responsible
for stubble burning. The present investigation is mainly
based on secondary data taken from the website of
the Punjab Remote Sensing Center, Ludhiana, for
the years 2016-2022, and the district has been taken
as a unit of the study. Data has been analysed using
an Excel sheet. The findings of the study show that,
overall, there has been a declining trend in the patterns
of stubble burning in the state of Punjab.
Keywords: Spatial Patterns, Paddy, Kharif Season, Stubble Burning, Declining Trend
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