To Increase The Rice Harvest in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, India Will Need to Reduce Air Pollution!

By reducing the emission of aerosols and particulate matter and CO2 we can increase our rice harvest in India.

Science Daily(December 9, 2006) — New research from the University of California indicates that reductions of human-generated air pollution could create unexpected agricultural benefits in one of the world's poorest regions. These new findings will be published online the week of Dec. 4 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

A pale band of haze covers northern India, just south of the Himalaya. Haze also intrudes into the skies of southern Nepal and Bangladesh. A study by UC researchers suggests that reducing air pollution could increase rice harvests in India.

So it is food for thought that air pollution from burning polluting fuels whether in homes or in industries have direct links to our basis of survival-food.

For details: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061206095357.htm