Extension Interventions to Prevent Crop Residue Burning for Green Agriculture and Clean Air

ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), Ludhiana and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) of Punjab, took residue burning as a challenge and a concept of ‘Innovation Hub’ was introduced with sole objective of making it as the torch bearer in the technology diffusion process. Dissemination of crop residue management technologies was planned in such a way that the Innovation Hub villages across the districts of Punjab were linked by the KVKs. Role of KVKs was to get feedback from the farmers and provide technological solutions to their queries. Moreover, the new adopted villages were expected to act as technology hubs for the neighboring villages.