Crop diversity and susceptibility of crop fields to elephant raids in eastern Okavango Panhandle, northern Botswana.

ABSTRACT: Elephants frequently raid crops within their ranges in Africa and Asia. These raids can greatly impact agricultural productivity and food security for farmers. Therefore, there is a need to explore cost-effective measures that would reduce the susceptibility of crops and agricultural fields to elephant raiding, and further promote sustainable human-elephant coexistence. Previous studies have examined the susceptibility of crop fields to elephant raids using field characteristics such as field size and proximity to water sources. However, there are limited studies investigating how different crop types, individually and in their combinations, influence crop susceptibility to elephant raiding. This study utilized data collected from crop fields raided by the African savanna elephant (Loxo

SUBMITTER: Matsika TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature