印度北部的农民非法焚烧田地,造成严重空气污染和健康风险。 Farmers in northern India burn fields, illegally, causing severe air pollution and health risks.
印度农民大多为小规模农民,他们焚烧田地,为新种植清除作物残留物,这在包括新德里在内的印度北部造成严重空气污染的非法做法。 Indian farmers, mostly small-scale, burn their fields to clear crop residue for new planting, an illegal practice contributing to severe air pollution in northern India, including New Delhi. 这种燃烧释放了致癌粒子,降低了土壤肥力,使经济每年损失大约950亿美元。 This burning releases cancer-causing particles, reduces soil fertility, and costs the economy around $95 billion annually. 虽然政府为减少燃烧的现代机械提供补贴,但许多农民负担不起这些替代品,使这种做法成为生存的必要条件。 While the government offers subsidies for modern machinery to reduce burning, many farmers cannot afford these alternatives, making the practice a necessity for survival. 这导致有害空气质量,与2019年的167万多例过早死亡有关。 This contributes to hazardous air quality, linked to over 1.67 million premature deaths in 2019.