Extent of Animal Menace and its impact on the Economic losses of Crops:

A study was done to assess the extent of animal menace and its impact on the economic losses of crops in mid-hill regions of Himachal Pradesh. The study was conducted in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh and was based on the primary data collected from 60 farm households selected through three stage random sampling process. It was observed that in the existing scenario, due to animal menace, the net and total cropped area has declined by 12.66 and 17.35%, respectively in comparison to the before menace period. Out of the total cropped area, 33.03% was prone to animal menace out of which 54.69 and 45.31% was affected by wild and stray animals, respectively. The extent of animal menace varied across the crops.

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