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

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.