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Crop Residue Management

• Programme expansion: The Centre's • This report captures the past three • Bio-char pilot project rolled out with
flagship programme expanded to years of efforts to promote Earthshot winner ‘Takachar’ in the
300 villages covering almost 3 lakh sustainable practices for rice straw Centre intervened area of Rohtak,
acres of farmland and 44000 management. Quantifying Haryana: Trials completed with 30
farmers. With almost 80% farmers sustainability impact across social, farmers. Trial will capture the capability
shifted to sustainable practice of rice economic, and environmental levers, and acceptability of predominantly
straw management. the report informs a remarkable biochar-based fertiliser
change - 85% of farmers shifting from reducing/replacing chemical fertiliser.
• Report on ‘Impacts & Learnings from
burning to sustainable practices
Field’ released by Mr Ashwath Ram,
across 172 villages and 1,57,924 acres
Co-Chairman National Committee
of farmland in Punjab and Haryana.
on Environment on International Day
of Clean Air for Blue Skies in
September 2022.

Crop Residue Management
Programme expanded to 300
villages covering almost 3 lakh
acres of farmland and 44000
farmers. Almost 80% of farmers
shifted to sustainable practice
of rice straw management.

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