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Challenges of Hill Farming Due to Crop-Raiding by Wild Pigs in the Indian Himalayan Region


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1 Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, New Delhi 110 012, India
2 Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Jagjeetpur, Haridwar 249 404, India
 

The human societies living in the Himalayas are traditionally known for their symbiotic relationship with their surrounding ecosystem. With changing time and climatic conditions, this relationship is also transforming. One of the crucial examples of this transformation is the interaction between human and wild animals, that a few of the Himalayan villages have moved from ‘co-sustenance’ to ‘conflict’. The agribased villages situated adjoining the forest area are experiencing recurrent incidences of crop raiding by wild pigs. These raidings have emerged out as a noticeable threat to the existing agrobiodiversity of the area. Hence, plausible solutions to keep away the crop raiders with special emphasis on the wild pigs are the need of the hour.

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Agriculture, Crop Raiding, Himalayas, Wild Pig.
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Authors

Latika Pandey
Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, New Delhi 110 012, India
Ayyanadar Arunachalam
Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II, New Delhi 110 012, India
Namita Joshi
Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Jagjeetpur, Haridwar 249 404, India

Abstract


The human societies living in the Himalayas are traditionally known for their symbiotic relationship with their surrounding ecosystem. With changing time and climatic conditions, this relationship is also transforming. One of the crucial examples of this transformation is the interaction between human and wild animals, that a few of the Himalayan villages have moved from ‘co-sustenance’ to ‘conflict’. The agribased villages situated adjoining the forest area are experiencing recurrent incidences of crop raiding by wild pigs. These raidings have emerged out as a noticeable threat to the existing agrobiodiversity of the area. Hence, plausible solutions to keep away the crop raiders with special emphasis on the wild pigs are the need of the hour.

Keywords


Agriculture, Crop Raiding, Himalayas, Wild Pig.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi6%2F1015-1019