Crop Ssubble burning, thick smoke billowing into the sky, a farming practise to clear the land.

Crop burning and its current scale can be traced to agricultural practices adopted during the green revolution of the 70s. It fostered a high dependence on rice and wheat, introducing high yield varieties which were slow to mature. Reducing the time between summer and winter crops leaving small farmers with no access to machinery with no choice but to burn their crop residue.