Farmer-wildlife conflicts in rural areas of eastern Zambia

Nyirenda, Vincent R.; Kaoma, Christopher; Nyirongo, Sinyala

doi:10.7809/b-e.00331

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“…The area is increasingly under pressure from influx of people for tourism-related jobs, and widely practiced subsistence crop agriculture [29,49]. However, elephant crop damage is pervasive in the area [54]. Furthermore, human habitat encroachment and illegal killings of elephants are an increasing threat to elephant persistence [29].…”

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Elephant Crop Damage: Subsistence Farmers’ Social Vulnerability, Livelihood Sustainability and Elephant Conservation

et al. 2018

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African elephants (Loxodonta africana) induce considerable crop damage risks, shocks and stresses on subsistence farmers at the wildlife-agriculture interface. In this study, we explored the social dimensions of human-elephant interactions in the wildlife-agrarian landscape. The study aimed at unraveling the associated hazardous conditions and nature of the subsistence farmers’ social vulnerability and practices with respect to elephant crop damage, subsistence farmers’ livelihoods, and elephant conservation. Applying qualitative thematic content analysis, the sustainable livelihood framework (SLF) and additive generalized linear models (GLMs), this study revealed that the status of relational social capital influences human-elephant conflict (HEC) management and subsistence farmers’ responses, regardless of the farmers’ social learning and environmental values about the social-ecological system. The strengthening of multiple local stakeholder participation, institutional governance and access to livelihoods assets are needed for human food security and elephant conservation. Adoption of more effective nuanced crop protection counter-measures against elephants at farm level is urgently needed.

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