Farmer Zephaniah Moyo recounts how he once hurled stones at nighttime intruders on his patch of land in Zimbabwe. Confronted by a group of elephants, the 54-year-old was never that confident in the solution. But the David versus Goliath stand reflected his desperation.
Farmer Zephaniah Moyo recounts how he once hurled stones at nighttime intruders on his patch of land in Zimbabwe. Confronted by a group of elephants, the 54-year-old was never that confident in the solution. But the David versus Goliath stand reflected his desperation.
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Zimbabwe: Farmers find ways to save crops from elephants
HARARE, Zimbabwe
A nonlethal concoction invented by farmers in northern Uganda is helping the people of Zimbabwe keep away rampaging elephants, after years of their attacks on farms during harvest season.
While chili has been used by farmers in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Uganda as an elephant repellent since 1997, its unsustainability forced villagers and agriculture experts to explore alternatives.
Maz Robertson, representative of the WildAid in East Africa, said the new concoction, a mixture of chili, garlic, ginger, and cow or elephant dung along with a few other ingredients invented by locals in northern Uganda in 2018, has succeeded in keeping elephants away from the fields.