Air pollution from agricultural land use

Combustion of agricultural waste is a major source of air pollution, releasing considerable emissions of carbon dioxide and particulate matter, and has little productive use other than getting rid of the waste. (Traditional reliance on smoke as a natural fumigant, heat as a sterilizer of soil, or the ashes as fertilizer have largely been replaced by the use of agrochemicals).

1. Environmental hazards from field crop production
2. Air pollution

1. Unskilled crop dusting
2. Slash-and-burn farming
3. Pollution by fertilizers
4. Dust as an occupational hazard

1. Underutilized agricultural wastes
2. Agricultural burning

1. Reducing methane emissions from rice fields
2. Promoting alternatives to persistent organic pollutants
3. Investigating interaction between agriculture and environment
4. Developing alternatives to tropical slash-and-burn

1. Unused
2. Underuse
3. Pollution
4. Land
5. Abuse