Every year, over 5.7 million acres of rice paddy stubble is burned on farms in the northern plains of India, leading to severe environmental issues, depletion of soil quality, and loss of flora and fauna. A lack of any other viable choice pushes the farmers to burn the stubble, as burning is cheaper, faster and clears the land in time for the next cropping cycle.
Several agencies have tried to tackle the issue in silos with limited to no success in curbing it. nurture.farm has launched the Crop Residue Management (CRM) program to develop, deploy and scale an effective solution to #EndTheBurn. We are committed to helping these farmers ditch the matchstick and adopt sustainable, regenerative farming practices through this program.