National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Wild boars cause damage to ecosystems, agriculture crops, livestock and disease threats to humans and livestock. Wild boars have become regular menace for farmers in major crops resulting into enormous damage. Several lethal and non lethal methods exist. Lethal techniques involve trapping, snares, shooting and hunting, toxicants etc. whereas the non-lethal methods include exclusion devices such as fences, harassment, guard animals to protect livestock, contraception etc. Various Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK�s) used by farmers in Telangana for managing wild boars include spraying of local pigs dung solution, spreading of human hair, erection of used colored sarees, burning of dried local pig dung cakes, planting of thorny bushes, using of local dogs for scaring away wild boars etc. Other methods include using of solar/Battery charged power fencing, using white-colored plastic sheet fences, field patrolling etc. Successful management strategies will certainly depend upon persistent, adaptive, and integrated management programs involving all the methods.
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