Shehrawat, P.S.Sharma, Nidhi2021-08-092021-08-092021-04https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810171590This study was conducted to develop sustainable model for crop residue management for farmers of Haryana. The study was conducted in four districts namely, Kaithal, Karnal, Fatehabad and Sirsa and from each district, two blocks were selected randomly. Thus, total numbers of eight blocks were selected for the study. From each block, two villages were selected randomly. Thus, total numbers of sixteen villages were selected for the study. From each village, fifteen farmers were selected randomly. Thus, total two-forty farmers were selected and personally interviewed with the help of well-structured schedule. The study was divided into various sections i.e. personal profile of farmers, causes, factors, constraints, training needs, impact and model of crop residue burning. Findings of the personal profile of the respondents revealed that majority of the farmers were of middle age group, educated up to metric, belonged to general category and had land holding above 10 acres. Result pertaining to causes that short window of time between harvesting of paddy and sowing of wheat and lack of storage facility for straw management were most severe cause of crop residue burning. Regarding factors, difficulties in sowing of next crop, apprehension of lower crop yields and transportation and storage of crop residue is difficult were very important factor for non-adoption of crop residue management practices. Regarding constraints, collection and transportation of voluminous mass of paddy residue is cumbersome activity, depth of sowing with happy seeder takes longer time for emergence of seedlings and high wages of labour during harvesting season, high cost of machinery used in management practices were general, implements-specific and economic serious constraints, respectively. Regarding training needs, maximum training need was expressed by the farmers about training for providing information about multiple benefits of crop residue followed by compost preparation for utilizing the stubbles and specialized training courses for happy seeder. Regarding impact, it was revealed that p-value is less than 0.05 i.e. 0.00 indicates that there is significant impact of crop residue burning on environment, human health and agriculture. Regarding model, it concludes important causes of crop residue burning, factors and constraints for non- adoption of crop residue management practices, impact of residue burning and training needs of farmers.EnglishThesis