India sees hope through haze as farmers move away from toxic burning

Smog still a danger but some turn to mixing straw into soil, biomass market

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A farmer burns paddy waste stubble in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, in 2017. © Reuters

KANIKA GUPTA, Contributing writer

NEW DELHI -- It is a seemingly intractable annual problem: India's capital is engulfed in a toxic haze so severe that schools are closed and residents are advised to stay indoors.

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