Identification of Crop Raiding Species and the Status of Their Impact on Farmer Resources in Gera, Southwestern Ethiopia

Authors

  • Leta Gobeshu
  • Debela Hunde Feyssa
  • Traiku Mekonnen Gutema

Keywords:

Crop raiding, Human-wildlife conflict, Ethiopia.

Abstract

The study was conducted in Gera district, southwestern Ethiopia. Currently, in different parts of Africa, wild animals seriously compete for resource with human being. This affects the economy of the community and the conservation of wildlife. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify crop raiding species and to estimate the magnitude of agricultural field crop and domestic animals loss due to wild animals in the Gera district, Jimma zone, southwestern Ethiopia.

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Published

2015-05-06

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Gobeshu, L., Feyssa, D. H., & Gutema, T. M. (2015). Identification of Crop Raiding Species and the Status of Their Impact on Farmer Resources in Gera, Southwestern Ethiopia. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 22(2), 66–82. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/3504

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Vol. 22 No. 2 (2015)

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