Bradford Seminar: “Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning”

Seema Jayachandran, a professor of economics and public affairs Princeton University, will present “Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning.” This seminar will be held in-person (PUID holders only) and available via livestream (open to all).

Jayachandran will discuss her work in India’s Punjab state suggesting that providing partial-upfront payments to farmers reduced the burning of crop residue — a significant contributor to air pollution in north India — by 8-11 percentage points, providing a potential cost-effective method for improving India’s air quality.

This event is part of the David Bradford Energy and Environmental Policy Seminar Series organized by the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE) in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and co-sponsored by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). Jayachandran’s talk is cosponsored by the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at Princeton.

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Bradford Seminar: “Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning”

Event Date

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 ・ 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Location

300 Wallace Hall; Online via Media Central Live

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Seema Jayachandran, a professor of economics and public affairs Princeton University, will present “Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning.” This seminar will be held in-person (PUID holders only) and available via livestream (open to all).

Jayachandran will discuss her work in India’s Punjab state suggesting that providing partial-upfront payments to farmers reduced the burning of crop residue — a significant contributor to air pollution in north India — by 8-11 percentage points, providing a potential cost-effective method for improving India’s air quality.

This event is part of the David Bradford Energy and Environmental Policy Seminar Series organized by the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE) in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and co-sponsored by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). Jayachandran’s talk is cosponsored by the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at Princeton.