Indian agriculture, air pollution, and public health in the age of COVID.

Andrew J Mcdonald ,Balwinder-Singh Balwinder-Singh,H.S Sidhu,M.L Jat,Priya Shyamsundar ,Peter Craufurd ,Alwin Keil ,Paresh B Shirsath ,Amit K Srivastava ,Aditya Singh ,P B Pearson ,Vaibhav Kumar ,Edward R Urban ,R K Malik ,Arindam Samaddar ,Natalee Hung ,Avinash Kishore ,S K Singh ,Jon Hellin ,J L Mccarty ,Bruno Gérard

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105064

Indian agriculture, air pollution, and public health in the age of COVID.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105064

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Journal: World Development	Publication Date: Jul 3, 2020
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Affiliation: Cornell University, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Borlaug Institute for South Asia, The Nature Conservancy, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Sphere Institute, International Rice Research Institute, Miami University

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Emerging evidence supports the intuitive link between chronic health conditions associated with air pollution and the vulnerability of individuals and communities to COVID-19. Poor air quality already imposes a highly significant public health burden in Northwest India, with pollution levels spiking to hazardous levels in November and early December when rice crop residues are burned. The urgency of curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigating a potential resurgence later in the year provides even more justification for accelerating efforts to dramatically reduce open agricultural burning in India.

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