India, Jan. 21 -- Across North India, the story repeats every winter: Fields on fire, children coughing, and a grey haze that swallows entire villages. Farmers are not burning crop residues because they want to harm the environment; they burn because it is the cheapest, fastest way to clear their fields for the next sowing. An agri biomass pyrolysis unit offers them a different story, one where the same residue becomes a resource, not a problem, but making that story real needs one crucial thing at its centre: A committed, patient, and supportive CSR grant.

A farmer's problem, not a farmer's fault. For a small or marginal farmer, decisions are made between one harvest and the next, often in a window of just a few days. Paying labour or h...