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‘Don’t burn stubble. Sell it’: Green firms have a sweet deal for farmers, and a fix for Delhi’s air

‘Don’t burn stubble. Sell it’: Green firms have a sweet deal for farmers, and a fix for Delhi’s air
BCCL

Farmers burn paddy stubble in Andhra Pradesh.

Synopsis

From Verve Renewables to Praj Industries, a bunch of renewable-energy companies are trying to produce power and biogas from agriculture residue. Their projects have a simple business proposition for farmers: Why burn something if you can make money out of it? But scale will come only if two critical requirements are met.

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The skies of Bara village in Haryana’s Ambala district always wear a glum look around this time of the year. One cannot miss the thick, black smoke coming out its paddy fields, and the lung-choking smell, even from the highway approaching the village. But this year, the frame appears a bit different. The sky has a blue tinge. For, the Bara farmers have found buyers for their paddy straw. They are not burning them anymore. Over 200km away, as the

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