The Relationship Between Agricultural Fires and Livestock Farming

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Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2024 Dec 5

PMID 39634405

Authors

Burak Oztornaci

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Abstract

Although many studies have been conducted in recent years on the environmental damage caused by the livestock sector, there are some gaps in terms of possible positive impacts. In this study, in order to investigate the possible positive environmental impacts of the livestock sector, the relationship between agricultural fires and livestock in Turkey between 2012 and 2021 is analyzed. Within the scope of the study, micro-level data, remote sensing datasets and fixed effects panel data method were used. As a result of the analysis at the district level, it was concluded that the development of the livestock sector and the decline in second crop corn production caused by this phenomenon reduced stubble fires. This result reveals that this maturity should be taken into account in future studies on the environmental impacts of the livestock sector.

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