Burning Practice

Agriculture plays an important role in the national economy and food security of Indonesia. Increasing food production while not impacting climate change is a challenge to be met. In order to meet growing food needs, Indonesia plans to expand cultivable area by focusing on unused peat lands and peat lands delineated for commercial purposes. Peat...

Burning is the most simple and cheap method for small-scale farmers to manage plant residue. This practice does prvide immediate benefits to farmers, but the wider immediate and long-term negative impacts are much larger. The objective of this study is to elaborate an alternative model for environmental and economically sound plant residue...

Burning is the most simple and cheap method for small-scale farmers to manage plant residue. This practice does provide immediate benefits to farmers, but the wider immediate and long-term negative impacts are much larger. The objective of this study is to elaborate an alternative model for environmental and economically sound plant residue...