Sneezing elephants: protecting crops in Zambia

Summary

This project works with the Elephant Pepper Development Trust to support 50 Zambian households to protect their crops from wild elephants by growing chilli hedges.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Farmers in Zambia’s Southern Province are vulnerable owing to drought and invasions from marauding wild elephants which destroy their valuable crops. This project increases the income of 50 rural households, representing 300 people.

Activities

Training and equipment will be given, assisting farmers to erect chilli fences and learn techniques to stop elephants destroying crops. Chillies are sold to Africa Spices, who guarantee a market and a fair price for their crop.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This project supports households to increase their crop yield by 70%, enabling them to better feed their family, send their children to school and re-invest in their farming businesses. This gives families security to plan for the future.

Project Message

Elephants don’t pass through our village anymore. I thought it was luck, but when my crops went for 2 weeks without harm I told my neighbours. They thought I used charms to scare them, not chillies!
- Mr Sitati Mufana, Farmer in Kazungula, Southern Zambia

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Laura Manifold,
Staff Member
The Old Music Hall
106-108 Cowley Road
Oxford, Oxon OX4 1JE
United Kingdom
01865 403265
Email:

Project Sponsor

Laura Manifold

Organisation

Africa Now
The Old Music Hall 106-108 Cowley Road
Oxford, Oxon OX4 1JE
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1865 403265
http://www.africanow.org

Learn more about Africa Now and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Zambia and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Zambia, read the Human Development Report on Zambia or the Wikipedia entry for Zambia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 26, 2009.

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