Avoiding Fields on Fire: Information Dissemination Policies for Environmentally Safe Crop-Residue Management

References

• Abdulkadiroğlu A, Sönmez T (1998) Random serial dictatorship and the core from random endowments in house allocation problems. Econometrica 66(3):689–701.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ahuja VA, Alvarez C, Birge JR, Syverson C (2021) Enhancing regulatory decision making for postmarket drug safety. Management Sci. 67(12):7493–7510.Link, Google Scholar
• Akkaya D, Bimpikis K, Lee H (2021) Government interventions to promote agricultural innovation. Manufacturing Service Oper. Management 23(2):437–452.Abstract, Google Scholar
• Al Hiary M, Shakhatreh Y, Khalaf EYB, Maysoon E (2015) Socioeconomic assessment of wheat varieties and the adoption of recommended technologies in North Jordan. Internat. J. Agricultural Sci. 5(7):864–873.Google Scholar
• Alizamir S, de Véricourt F, Wang S (2020) Warning against recurring risks: An information design approach. Management Sci. 66(10):4612–4629.Link, Google Scholar
• Alizamir S, Iravani F, Mamani H (2019) An analysis of price vs. revenue protection: Government subsidies in the agriculture industry. Management Sci. 65(1):32–49.Link, Google Scholar
• Altikat S, Kuş E, Küçükerdem HK, Gülbe A (2018) The importance of the conservation agriculture for Turkey. Igdır Univ. J. Inst. Sci. Tech. 8(2):73–80.Google Scholar
• Andreae MO, Merlet P (2001) Emission of trace gases and aerosols from biomass burning. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15(4):955–966.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Andrews SS (2006) Crop residue removal for biomass energy production: Effects on soils and recommendations. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC, https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/Crop_Residue_Removal_for_Biomass_Energy_Production.pdf.Google Scholar
• Antwi-Agyei P, Atta-Aidoo J, Guodaar L, Dougill A (2023) Building climate resilience through crop residue utilization: Experiences of Ghanaian smallholder farmers. Climate Resilience Sustainability 2(4):1–18.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Anunrojwong J, Iyer K, Manshadi V (2021) Information design for congested social services: Optimal need-based persuasion. Preprint, submitted May 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3849746.Google Scholar
• Arnosti N, Shi P (2020) Design of lotteries and wait-lists for affordable housing allocation. Management Sci. 66(6):2291–2307.Link, Google Scholar
• Ashlagi I, Shi P (2014) Improving community cohesion in school choice via correlated-lottery implementation. Oper. Res. 62(6):1247–1264.Link, Google Scholar
• Ata B, Ding Y, Zenios S (2021) An achievable-region-based approach for kidney allocation policy design with endogenous patient choice. Manufacturing Service Oper. Management 23(1):36–54.Link, Google Scholar
• Avci B, Girotra K, Netessine S (2015) Electric vehicles with a battery switching station: Adoption and environmental impact. Management Sci. 61(4):772–794.Link, Google Scholar
• Bahrani M, Raufat M, Ghadiri H (2007) Influence of wheat residue management on irrigated corn grain production in a reduced tillage system. Soil Tillage Res. 94(2):305–309.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Baker CJ, Saxton KE, Ritchie W, Chamen W, Reicosky D, Ribeiro M, Justice SE, Hobbs PR (2007) No-Tillage Seeding in Conservation Agriculture, 2nd ed. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome).Google Scholar
• Balwinder-Singh, McDonald AJ, Srivastava AK, Gerard B (2019) Tradeoffs between groundwater conservation and air pollution from agricultural fires in northwest India. Nature Sustainability 2(7):580–583.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Barnhardt S, Field E, Pande R (2017) Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India. Amer. Econom. J. Appl. Econom. 9(1):1–32.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Barrett KL, Lynch MJ, Long MA, Stretesky PB (2018) Monetary penalties and noncompliance with environmental laws: A mediation analysis. Amer. J. Criminal Justice 43(3):530–550.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Basak D, Zhou Z (2020) Timely persuasion. PBCSF-NIFR research paper, PBCSF-NIFR, Tsinghua University, Beijing.Google Scholar
• BBC (2019) Indonesia haze: Why do forests keep burning? BBC News (September 16), https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34265922.Google Scholar
• BBC (2020) Stubble burning: Why it continues to smother North India. BBC News (November 29), https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54930380.Google Scholar
• Belavina E, Girotra K, Kabra A (2017) Online grocery retail: Revenue models and environmental impact. Management Sci. 63(6):1781–1799.Link, Google Scholar
• Best J, Quigley D (2023) Persuasion for the long run. Preprint, submitted July 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2908115.Google Scholar
• Bikkina S, Andersson A, Kirillova EN, Holmstrand H, Tiwari S, Srivastava A, Bisht D, Gustafsson Ö (2019) Air quality in megacity Delhi affected by countryside biomass burning. Nature Sustainability 2(3):200–205.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Bimpikis K, Papanastasiou Y (2019) Inducing exploration in service platforms. Hu M, ed. Sharing Economy: Making Supply Meet Demand. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, vol. 6 (Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland), 193–216.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Bimpikis K, Ehsani S, Mostagir M (2019) Designing dynamic contests. Oper. Res. 67(2):339–356.Abstract, Google Scholar
• Bimpikis K, Papanastasiou Y, Zhang W (2020) Information provision in two-sided platforms: Optimizing for supply. Preprint, submitted June 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3617351.Google Scholar
• Brown PR, Darbas T, Kishore A, Rola-Rubzen MF, Murray-Prior R, Anwar MM, Hossain MS, et al. (2020) Implications of conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification technologies for scaling and policy: Synthesis of SRFSI phase 1 socioeconomic studies (2012-17). ACIAR Technical Reports Series, no. 93. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia.Google Scholar
• Candogan O (2020) Information design in operations. Druehl C, Elmaghraby W, eds. Pushing the Boundaries: Frontiers in Impactful OR/OM Research (INFORMS, Catonsville, MD), 176–201.Link, Google Scholar
• Carmona I, Griffith DM, Soriano MA, Murillo JM, Madejón E, Gómez-Macpherson H (2015) What do farmers mean when they say they practice conservation agriculture? A comprehensive case study from southern Spain. Agriculture Ecosystems Environ. 213:164–177.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Carpenter DP (2004) Protection without capture: Product approval by a politically responsive, learning regulator. Amer. Political Sci. Rev. 98(4):613–631.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Cassou E (2018) Field Burning (World Bank, Washington, DC).Crossref, Google Scholar
• CCAC (2019) India is burning, here’s how to stop it. Climate & Clean Air Coalition (November 11), https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/news/india-burning-here%E2%80%99s-how-stop-it.Google Scholar
• Chen J, Chen YJ (2021) The impact of contract farming on agricultural product supply in developing economies. Production Oper. Management 30(8):2395–2419.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Chen B, Chen B, Knyazev D (2022) Information disclosure in dynamic research contests. RAND J. Econom. 53(1):113–137.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Chen S, Liu Z, Moinzadeh K, Tan Y (2021) When to broadcast? Inventory disclosure policies for online sales of limited inventory. Preprint, submitted July 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3587816.Google Scholar
• Chen Y, Tessier S, Cavers C, Xu X, Monero F (2005) A survey of crop residue burning practices in Manitoba. Appl. Engrg. Agriculture 21(3):317–323.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Chen W, Tong DQ, Dan M, Zhang S, Zhang X, Pan Y (2017b) Typical atmospheric haze during crop harvest season in northeastern China: A case in the Changchun region. J. Environ. Sci. (China) 54:101–113.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Chen J, Li C, Ristovski Z, Milic A, Gu Y, Islam MS, Wang S, et al. (2017a) A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China. Sci. Total Environ. 579:1000–1034.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Cheng Y, Cao X-B, Liu J-M, Yu Q-Q, Zhong Y-J, Geng G-N, Zhang Q, He K-B (2022) New open burning policy reshaped the aerosol characteristics of agricultural fire episodes in northeast China. Sci. Total Environ. 810:1–9.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Code of Federal Regulations (2014) Title 40: Protection of environment. Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR Ch. 1, §49.133, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2014-title40-vol1/pdf/CFR-2014-title40-vol1-sec49-133.pdf.Google Scholar
• Cornelissen G, Jubaeda, Nurida NL, Hale SE, Martinsen V, Silvani L, Mulder J (2018) Fading positive effect of biochar on crop yield and soil acidity during five growth seasons in an Indonesian Ultisol. Sci. Total Environ. 634:561–568.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Cullen JB, Jacob BA, Levitt S (2006) The effect of school choice on participants: Evidence from randomized lotteries. Econometrica 74(5):1191–1230.Crossref, Google Scholar
• da Silva ICB, Fernandes LA, Colen F, Sampaio RA (2017) Growth and production of common bean fertilized with biochar. Ciência Rural 47(11):1–8.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Das B, Bhave PV, Puppala SP, Shakya K, Maharjan B, Byanju RM (2020) A model-ready emission inventory for crop residue open burning in the context of Nepal. Environ. Pollution 266(Part 3):1–10.Google Scholar
• Davin EL, Seneviratne SI, Ciais P, Olioso A, Wang T (2014) Preferential cooling of hot extremes from cropland albedo management. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111(27):9757–9761.Crossref, Google Scholar
• de Freitas PL, Landers JN (2014) The transformation of agriculture in Brazil through development and adoption of zero tillage conservation agriculture. Internat. Soil Water Conservation Res. 2(1):35–46.Crossref, Google Scholar
• de Véricourt F, Gurkan H, Wang S (2021) Informing the public about a pandemic. Management Sci. 67(10):6350–6357.Link, Google Scholar
• Dhanorkar S (2019) Environmental benefits of Internet-enabled C2C closed-loop supply chains: A quasi-experimental study of Craigslist. Management Sci. 65(2):660–680.Link, Google Scholar
• Dhanorkar SS, Siemsen E, Linderman KW (2018) Promoting change from the outside: Directing managerial attention in the implementation of environmental improvements. Management Sci. 64(6):2535–2556.Link, Google Scholar
• Dow K, Cutter SL (1998) Crying wolf: Repeat responses to hurricane evacuation orders. Coastal Management 26(4):237–252.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Drakopoulos K, Jain S, Randhawa R (2021) Persuading customers to buy early: The value of personalized information provisioning. Management Sci. 67(2):828–853.Link, Google Scholar
• El-Haddad M, Zayed MS, El-Sayed G, Hassanein M, Abd El-Satar A (2014) Evaluation of compost, vermicompost and their teas produced from rice straw as affected by addition of different supplements. Ann. Agricultural Sci. 59(2):243–251.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ely J (2017) Beeps. Amer. Econom. Rev. 107(1):31–53.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ely JC, Szydlowski M (2020) Moving the goalposts. J. Political Econom. 128(2):468–506.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ely J, Frankel A, Kamenica E (2015) Suspense and surprise. J. Political Econom. 123(1):215–260.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ely J, Georgiadis G, Khorasani SM, Rayo L (2023) Optimal feedback in contests. Rev. Econom. Stud. 90(5):2370–2394.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Erenstein O (2011) Cropping systems and crop residue management in the Trans-Gangetic Plains: Issues and challenges for conservation agriculture from village surveys. Agricultural Systems 104(1):54–62.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Erenstein O, Sayre K, Wall P, Hellin J, Dixon J (2012) Conservation agriculture in maize-and wheat-based systems in the (sub) tropics: Lessons from adaptation initiatives in South Asia, Mexico, and Southern Africa. J. Sustainable Agriculture 36(2):180–206.Crossref, Google Scholar
• FAO (2023) Conservation agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, https://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture/.Google Scholar
• Friedman RA (2014) Antidepressants’ black-box warning–10 years later. New England J. Medicine 371(18):1666–1668.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Fu W, Kalkanci B, Subramanian R (2019) Are hazardous substance rankings effective? An empirical investigation of information dissemination about the relative hazards of chemicals and emissions reductions. Manufacturing Service Oper. Management 21(3):602–619.Link, Google Scholar
• Gao S, Xu D (1991) Rural energy and fuel forests in China. Biomass Bioenergy 1(5):297–299.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ghimire YN, Timsina KP, Adhikari SP, Shrestha KP, Gairhe S, Acharya Y, Devkota D, et al. (2021) Behavioural science principles for scaling-up zero tillage wheat and maize in the Eastern Terai region of Nepal. J. Agricultural Natl. Resources 4(2):316–326.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Goldstein I, Huang C (2016) Bayesian persuasion in coordination games. Amer. Econom. Rev. 106(5):592–596.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Guda H, Dawande M, Janakiraman G, Rajapakshe T (2021) An economic analysis of agricultural support prices in developing economies. Production Oper. Management 30(9):3036–3053.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Guo P, Haviv M, Luo Z, Wang Y (2020) Optimal queue length information disclosure when service quality is uncertain: A Bayesian persuasion approach. Preprint, submitted May 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3599693.Google Scholar
• Gupta V (2022) Stubble burning is back, smothering north India with concerns for the upcoming winter. Mongabay-India (October 13), https://india.mongabay.com/2022/10/stubble-burning-will-north-india-smother-again-before-winter.Google Scholar
• Gupta S, Bansal S (2021) Optimal market-integration decisions by policy makers: Modeling and analysis of agriculture market data. Oper. Res. 70(1):352–362.Link, Google Scholar
• Gustafsson Ö, Ramanathan V (2016) Convergence on climate warming by black carbon aerosols. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113(16):4243–4245.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Harbaugh R, Rasmusen E (2018) Coarse grades: Informing the public by withholding information. Amer. Econom. J. Microeconom. 10(1):210–235.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Harindintwali JD, Zhou J, Yu X (2020) Lignocellulosic crop residue composting by cellulolytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria: A novel tool for environmental sustainability. Sci. Total Environ. 715:1–13.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Harrington L, Fujisaka S, Morris M, Hobbs P, Sharma H, Singh R, Chaudhary M, Dhiman S (1992) Wheat and Rice in Karnal and Kurukshetra Districts, Haryana, India: Farmers’ Practices, Problems, and an Agenda for Action (CIMMYT, Mexico City).Google Scholar
• Hastings JS, Kane TJ, Staiger DO (2006) Gender and performance: Evidence from school assignment by randomized lottery. Amer. Econom. Rev. 96(2):232–236.Crossref, Google Scholar
• He G, Liu T, Zhou M (2020) Straw burning, PM2.5, and death: Evidence from China. J. Development Econom. 145:1–20.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Hou L, Keske C, Hoag D, Balezentis T, Wang X (2019) Abatement costs of emissions from burning maize straw in major maize regions of China: Balancing food security with the environment. J. Cleaner Production 208:178–187.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Hsu VN, Lai G, Liang G (2019) Agricultural partnership for dairy farming. Production Oper. Management 28(12):3042–3059.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Hu M, Liu Y, Wang W (2019) Socially beneficial rationality: The value of strategic farmers, social entrepreneurs, and for-profit firms in crop planting decisions. Management Sci. 65(8):3654–3672.Link, Google Scholar
• Huang M, Yin X, Chen J, Cao F (2021) Biochar application mitigates the effect of heat stress on rice (Oryza sativa L.) by regulating the root-zone environment. Frontiers Plant Sci. 12:1–12.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Inostroza N, Pavan A (2021) Persuasion in global games with application to stress testing. Technical report, CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16484, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.Google Scholar
• Iqbal N, Agrawal A, Dubey S, Kumar J (2020) Role of decomposers in agricultural waste management. Basso TP, Basso TO, Basso LC, eds. Biotechnological Applications of Biomass (IntechOpen, London).Google Scholar
• Jacob BA, Kapustin M, Ludwig J (2015) The impact of housing assistance on child outcomes: Evidence from a randomized housing lottery. Quart. J. Econom. 130(1):465–506.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Jaleta M, Kassie M, Shiferaw B (2013) Tradeoffs in crop residue utilization in mixed crop–livestock systems and implications for conservation agriculture. Agricultural Systems 121:96–105.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Jalil X (2019) Why are farmers resisting a government ban on stubble burning? Dawn (November 13), https://www.dawn.com/news/1516460.Google Scholar
• Jassowal G (2020) Trailblazing villages bail region out of air pollution. Hindustan Times (October 10), https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-jalandhar/20201010/281646782605593.Google Scholar
• Jebaraj P (2019) ‘Uber for tractors’: Government to launch app to aid farmers. The Hindu (August 12), https://www.thehindu.com/business/agri-business/uber-for-tractors-government-to-launch-app-to-aid-farmers/article28985433.ece.Google Scholar
• Kalkanci B, Plambeck EL (2020) Managing supplier social and environmental impacts with voluntary vs. mandatory disclosure to investors. Management Sci. 66(8):3311–3328.Link, Google Scholar
• Kalra N, Kumar M (2019) Simulating the impact of climate change and its variability on agriculture. Mahdi SS, ed. Climate Change and Agriculture in India: Impact and Adaptation (Springer, Berlin), 21–28.Google Scholar
• Kalra N, Chakraborty D, Sharma A, Rai H, Jolly M, Chander S, Kumar PR, et al. (2008) Effect of increasing temperature on yield of some winter crops in northwest India. Current Sci. 94(1):82–88.Google Scholar
• Kamenica E, Gentzkow M (2011) Bayesian persuasion. Amer. Econom. Rev. 101(6):2590–2615.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Kausar H, Ismail MR, Saud HM, Berahim Z, Habib SH, Othman R, Bhuiyan SH (2016) Microbial composting of rice straw for improved stability and bioefficacy. Hakeem KR, Akhtar MS, Abdullah SNA, eds. Plant, Soil and Microbes, vol. 1. Implications in Crop Science (Springer, Berlin), 271–290.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Keck M, Hung DT (2019) Burn or bury? A comparative cost–benefit analysis of crop residue management practices among smallholder rice farmers in northern Vietnam. Sustainability Sci. 14(2):375–389.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Keil A, Krishnapriya P, Mitra A, Jat ML, Sidhu HS, Krishna VV, Shyamsundar P (2020) Changing agricultural stubble burning practices in the Indo-Gangetic plains: Is the Happy Seeder a profitable alternative? Internat. J. Agricultural Sustainability 19(2):128–151.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Khorasani S, Körpeoğlu E, Krishnan V (2023) Dynamic development contests. Oper. Res. 72(1):43–59.Link, Google Scholar
• Kim SH (2015) Time to come clean? Disclosure and inspection policies for green production. Oper. Res. 63(1):1–20.Link, Google Scholar
• Krause GA, Corder JK (2007) Explaining bureaucratic optimism: Theory and evidence from US executive agency macroeconomic forecasts. Amer. Political Sci. Rev. 101(1):129–142.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Krishna VV, Keil A, Jain M, Zhou W, Jose M, Surendran-Padmaja S, Barba-Escoto L, et al. (2022) Conservation agriculture benefits Indian farmers, but technology targeting needed for greater impacts. Frontiers Agronomy 4:1–14.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Küçükgül C, Özer Ö, Wang S (2021) Engineering social learning: Information design of time-locked sales campaigns for online platforms. Management Sci. 68(7):4899–4918.Link, Google Scholar
• Kumar R (2022) Easing debt burden the key to farmers’ welfare. The Tribune (March 7), https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/easing-debt-burden-the-key-to-farmers-welfare-375732.Google Scholar
• Ladha JK (2009) Integrated Crop and Resource Management in the Rice-Wheat System of South Asia (International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines).Google Scholar
• Lemieux PM, Lutes CC, Santoianni DA (2004) Emissions of organic air toxics from open burning: A comprehensive review. Progress Energy Combustion Sci. 30(1):1–32.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Levi R, Singhvi S, Zheng Y (2020) Economically motivated adulteration in farming supply chains. Management Sci. 66(1):209–226.Link, Google Scholar
• Li Y, Gupta R, Zhang Q, You S (2022) Review of biochar production via crop residue pyrolysis: Development and perspectives. Bioresource Tech. 369:1–14.Google Scholar
• Lingenbrink D, Iyer K (2019) Optimal signaling mechanisms in unobservable queues. Oper. Res. 67(5):1397–1416.Link, Google Scholar
• Liu T, Mickley LJ, Gautam R, Singh MK, DeFries RS, Marlier ME (2021) Detection of delay in post-monsoon agricultural burning across Punjab, India: Potential drivers and consequences for air quality. Environ. Res. Lett. 16(1):1–11.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lohan SK, Jat H, Yadav AK, Sidhu H, Jat M, Choudhary M, Peter JK, Sharma P (2018) Burning issues of paddy residue management in north-west states of India. Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev. 81:693–706.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lopes M (2019) Why Brazilian farmers are burning the rainforest—and why it’s so hard for Bolsonaro to stop them. Washington Post (September 8), https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/why-brazilian-farmers-are-burning-the-rainforest--and-why-its-difficult-for-bolsonaro-to-stop-them/2019/09/05/3be5fb92-ca72-11e9-9615-8f1a32962e04_story.html.Google Scholar
• Lopresto CG, Verardi A, Nicoletti C, Mukherjee D, Calabro V, Chakraborty S, Curcio S (2018) Technological aspects of lignocellulose conversion into biofuels: Key challenges and practical solutions. Singh O, Chandel A, eds. Sustainable Biotechnology-Enzymatic Resources of Renewable Energy (Springer, Cham, Switzerland), 117–154.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Maor M (2011) Organizational reputations and the observability of public warnings in 10 pharmaceutical markets. Governance (Oxford) 24(3):557–582.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Maskin E, Tirole J (2001) Markov perfect equilibrium: I. Observable actions. J. Econom. Theory 100(2):191–219.Crossref, Google Scholar
• McFall-Johnsen M, Woodward A (2019) The fires in the Amazon are the result of seasonal burning that farmers do every year: Here’s why they’ve gotten so bad this summer. Business Insider (August 23), https://www.businessinsider.com/fires-in-the-amazon-rainforest-were-started-by-humans-2019-8.Google Scholar
• Mehra P (2018) The ‘happy seeder’ in search of helping hands. The Hindu (August 28), https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/clean-tech/the-happy-seeder-in-search-of-helping-hands/article24802120.ece.Google Scholar
• Mihm J, Schlapp J (2019) Sourcing innovation: On feedback in contests. Management Sci. 65(2):559–576.Link, Google Scholar
• Muyingo E, Tenywa J, Kiggundu N (2016) Mechanised multi-row seeding of finger millet. African Higher Ed. Week RUFORUM Fifth Biennial Conf. 2016, vol. 14, part 2 (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, Kampala, Uganda), 1095–1105.Google Scholar
• National Green Tribunal (2015) Take action against farmers for crop residue burning: NGT. The Hindu (December 10), http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/take-action-against-farmers-for-crop-residue-burning-ngt/article7971366.ece.Google Scholar
• Nghi NT, Romasanta RR, Van Hieu N, Vinh LQ, Du NX, Ngan NVC, Chivenge P, Van Hung N (2020) Rice straw-based composting. Gummert M, Van Hung N, Chivenge P, Douthwaite B, eds. Sustainable Rice Straw Management (Springer, Cham, Switzerland), 33–41.Crossref, Google Scholar
• OpIndia (2022) Stubble-burning incidents in Punjab record a 20 percent rise, plunging Delhi’s AQI to ‘very poor’ category. OpIndia (October 29), https://www.opindia.com/2022/10/stubble-burning-incidents-in-punjab-record-20-per-cent-delhi-air-quality/.Google Scholar
• Organo ND, Granada SMJM, Pineda HGS, Sandro JM, Nguyen VH, Gummert M (2022) Assessing the potential of a Trichoderma-based compost activator to hasten the decomposition of incorporated rice straw. Sci. Rep. 12(1):1–12.Google Scholar
• Outlook India (2020) Punjab government waives farm machinery rental for small, marginal farmers to manage stubble. Outlook India (October 6), https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-punjab-government-waives-farm-machinery-rental-for-small-marginal-farmers-to-manage-stubble/361648.Google Scholar
• Owen E, Jayasuriya M (1989) Use of crop residues as animal feeds in developing countries. Res. Development Agriculture 6(3):129–138.Google Scholar
• Pandit NR, Mulder J, Hale SE, Martinsen V, Schmidt HP, Cornelissen G (2018) Biochar improves maize growth by alleviation of nutrient stress in a moderately acidic low-input Nepalese soil. Sci. Total Environ. 625:1380–1389.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Pasukphun N (2018) Environmental health burden of open burning in northern Thailand: A review. PSRU J. Sci. Tech. 3(3):11–28.Google Scholar
• Paul S (2019) Empowering farmers to practice no-burn agriculture. Agriculture World (November):16–20.Google Scholar
• Paul S, Shyamsundar P (2017) Stop the air assault on north India: End to crop burning is achievable and farmers can lead the way. The Times of India (November 17), https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/stop-the-air-assault-on-north-india-end-to-crop-burning-is-achievable-and-farmers-can-lead-the-way.Google Scholar
• Pielke RA (1999) Who decides? Forecasts and responsibilities in the 1997 Red River flood. Appl. Behav. Sci. Rev. 7(2):83–101.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Prem G, Kumar R, Kumar A, Anurag, Singh U, Meena H (2019) Role of custom hiring centers in implementation of in-situ crop residue management scheme in Ambala district (Haryana). Asian J. Agricultural Extension Econom. Sociol. 34(3):1–10.Google Scholar
• Renault J, Solan E, Vieille N (2017) Optimal dynamic information provision. Games Econom. Behav. 104:329–349.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ricke K, Drouet L, Caldeira K, Tavoni M (2018) Country-level social cost of carbon. Nature Climate Change 8(10):895–900.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Rios B, Raga GB (2019) Smoke emissions from agricultural fires in Mexico and Central America. J. Appl. Remote Sensing 13(3):036509.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Roy T, Rahaman M, Chakraborty R, Mostofa M, Rahaman M (2019) Effect of biochar application as a soil amendment on growth and yield of sesame (sesamumindicuml.). Bangladesh Agronomy J. 22(2):113–127.Crossref, Google Scholar
• SAARC Energy Centre (2021) Possible uses of crop residue for energy generation instead of open burning. SAARC Energy Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan, https://www.saarcenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/09-12-2021-Possible-Uses-of-Crop-Residue-for-Energy-Generation-Instead-of-Open-Burning-Final.pdf.Google Scholar
• Sapkota TB, Dittmer KM, Ortiz-Monasterio I, Mathivanan GP, Sonder K, Leyva JC, Angel Garcia M, Ysimoto Monroy D, Shelton S, Wollenberg E (2022) Quantification of economically feasible mitigation potential from agriculture, forestry and other land uses in Mexico. Carbon Management 13(1):594–607.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Saturnino H, Landers J (2002) ZT (Zero Tillage) and Technology Transfer in the Tropics and Sub-tropics (Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome).Google Scholar
• Schmitz PM, Mal P, Hesse JW (2015) The Importance of Conservation Tillage as a Contribution to Sustainable Agriculture: A Special Case of Soil Erosion (Institut für Agribusiness, Giessen, Germany).Google Scholar
• Seleiman MF, Refay Y, Al-Suhaibani N, Al-Ashkar I, El-Hendawy S, Hafez EM (2019) Integrative effects of rice-straw biochar and silicon on oil and seed quality, yield and physiological traits of Helianthus annuus L. grown under water deficit stress. Agronomy (Basel) 9(10):1–21.Google Scholar
• Shaked M, Shanthikumar JG (2007) Stochastic Orders (Springer Science & Business Media, Berlin).Crossref, Google Scholar
• Shrestha KP, Giri R, Kafle S, Chaudhari R, Shrestha J (2018) Zero tillage impacts on economics of wheat production in far western Nepal. Farming Management 3(2):93–99.Google Scholar
• Shyamsundar P, Springer N, Tallis H, Polasky S, Jat M, Sidhu H, Krishnapriya P, et al. (2019) Fields on fire: Alternatives to crop residue burning in India. Science 365(6453):536–538.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Sidhu H, Singh M, Singh Y, Blackwell J, Lohan SK, Humphreys E, Jat M, Singh V, Singh S (2015) Development and evaluation of the Turbo Happy Seeder for sowing wheat into heavy rice residues in NW India. Field Crops Res. 184:201–212.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Sims B, Kienzle J (2015) Mechanization of conservation agriculture for smallholders: Issues and options for sustainable intensification. Environments 2(2):139–166.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Singh S, Jones AD, Jain M (2020) Regional differences in agricultural and socioeconomic factors associated with farmer household dietary diversity in India. PLoS One 15(4):1–15.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Singh P, Singh G, Sodhi G, Sharma S (2021) Energy optimization in wheat establishment following rice residue management with Happy Seeder technology for reduced carbon footprints in north-western India. Energy 230:1–16.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Siqueira MU, Contin B, Fernandes PRB, Ruschel-Soares R, Siqueira PU, Baruque-Ramos J (2022) Brazilian agro-industrial wastes as potential textile and other raw materials: A sustainable approach. Materials Circular Econom. 4(1):1–21.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Sirhindi M (2018) Punjab fails to stem stubble burning. Times of India (November 15), https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/punjab-fails-to-stem-stubble-burning/articleshow/66627330.cms.Google Scholar
• Smith JM (1974) The theory of games and the evolution of animal conflicts. J. Theoret. Biology 47(1):209–221.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Sönmez T, Ünver MU (2013) Market design for kidney exchange. Vulkan N, Roth AE, Neeman Z, eds. The Handbook of Market Design (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK), 92–137.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Stasz C, van Stolk C (2007) The use of lottery systems in school admissions. Working paper, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.Google Scholar
• Stone P (2007) Why lotteries are just. J. Political Philos. 15(3):276–295.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Taa A, Tanner D, Bennie AT (2004) Effects of stubble management, tillage and cropping sequence on wheat production in the south-eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Soil Tillage Res. 76(1):69–82.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Tahir M, Sardar M, Quddus M, Ashfaq M (2008) Economics of zero tillage technology of wheat in rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab-Pakistan. J. Animal Plant Sci. 18(1):42–46.Google Scholar
• Thaiger (2021) Stop the burn—Thai governors told to stop farmers burning off agricultural waste. Thaiger (January 25), https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/environment/stop-the-burn-thai-governors-told-to-stop-farmers-burning-off-agricultural-waste.Google Scholar
• Topol EJ (2004) Failing the public health–rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA. New England J. Medicine 351(17):1707–1709.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Trend (2010) Fires destroy 1.5 million hectares of forest land in Bolivia. Trend News Agency (August 18), https://en.trend.az/world/other/1736927.html.Google Scholar
• Tribune-Bhatinda (2018) NGO stops farmers from burning stubble. The Tribune (October 24), https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/bathinda/ngo-stops-farmers-from-burning-stubble-672579.Google Scholar
• Tribune-Muktsar (2018) Co-op societies sans happy seeders despite 80% subsidy. The Tribune (October 17), https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/punjab/co-op-societies-sans-happy-seeders-despite-80-subsidy-669387.Google Scholar
• Trigo E, Cap E, Malach V, Villarreal F (2009) The case of zero-tillage technology in Argentina. IFPRI Discussion Paper 00915, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
• Wang S, Sun P, de Véricourt F (2016) Inducing environmental disclosures: A dynamic mechanism design approach. Oper. Res. 64(2):371–389.Link, Google Scholar
• Wiesen M, Ciceu I (2018) Agricultural and garden waste burning legislation in European countries. Technical report, Clean Air Action Group, Budapest.Google Scholar
• World Bank (1994a) Bolivia: Household rural energy strategy. World Bank, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
• World Bank (1994b) Ecuador: Energy pricing, poverty, and social mitigation. World Bank, Washington, DC.Google Scholar
• Xiao Y, Hu Z, Wang S (2022) Information design of a delegated search. Preprint, submitted October 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4249165.Google Scholar
• Yang J, Liu AA, Qin P, Linn J (2020) The effect of vehicle ownership restrictions on travel behavior: Evidence from the Beijing license plate lottery. J. Environ. Econom. Management 99:1–15.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Yeboah E, Asamoah G, Ofori P, Amoah B, Agyeman KOA (2020) Method of biochar application affects growth, yield and nutrient uptake of cowpea. Open Agriculture 5(1):352–360.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Yevich R, Logan JA (2003) An assessment of biofuel use and burning of agricultural waste in the developing world. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17(4):1–40.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Yin S, Guo M, Wang X, Yamamoto H, Ou W (2021) Spatiotemporal variation and distribution characteristics of crop residue burning in China from 2001 to 2018. Environ. Pollution 268:1–10.Crossref, Google Scholar
• You L (2016) Heilongjiang gets burned in air pollution row. Sixth Tone (November 10), http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1542/heilongjiang-gets-burned-in-air-pollution-row/.Google Scholar
• You C, Xu C, Xu B, Zhao H, Song L (2016) Levoglucosan evidence for biomass burning records over Tibetan glaciers. Environ. Pollution 216:173–181.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Zhang Y, Swaminathan JM (2020) Improved crop productivity through optimized planting schedules. Manufacturing Service Oper. Management 22(6):1165–1180.Link, Google Scholar
• Zhao H, Zhang X, Zhang S, Chen W, Tong DQ, Xiu A (2017) Effects of agricultural biomass burning on regional haze in China: A review. Atmosphere 8(5):1–9.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Zhuge C, Wei B, Shao C, Shan Y, Dong C (2020) The role of the license plate lottery policy in the adoption of electric vehicles: A case study of Beijing. Energy Policy 139:1–18.Crossref, Google Scholar