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Pakistan looks to new tech to curb crop burning and cut smog

  • Punjab government is providing 500 rice farmers around Lahore with a set of machines that together eliminate the need to burn crop stubble
  • Among underlying causes of smog in Punjab, agriculture — mainly rice residue burning — accounts for 20% of total air pollutant emissions, UN says 
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