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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>SMALL-SCALE crop farmers in the Zambezi region say the government should compensate them with the actual value of crops destroyed by wildlife.<\/p>\n

Human-wildlife conflict within the region has been of great concern for the already poor farmers, who end up losing thousands of dollars of what they spend on production annually.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism reimburses farmers whose crops are damaged by wildlife with N$1 000 per hectare.<\/p>\n

Lister Lutiyo, who farms at Nongozi village in the Sangwali area yesterday told The Namibian about 4,5ha of his maize and watermelon fields were destroyed by elephants on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He said he was planning to harvest this coming weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent about N$14 800 on ploughing and field preparation. However, now I won’t be able to get the money invested in my crop fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government will now only pay me about N$4 000, which is not even close to covering my losses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI strongly believe the government should increase the compensation amount to at least meet us halfway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said on top of this, his claims for one hectare which was destroyed last year has still not been paid out.<\/p>\n

Matthew Vuyalo, another farmer at Maunga village in the Linyanti constituency, says he had a run-in with a herd of elephants over the weekend in his maize and watermelon field, and several hectares were destroyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYear after year, elephants and hippos are destroying my crop fields. However, whenever I report this issue, I am told I don’t qualify to be compensated, because the elephants didn’t eat enough of my crops.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot do anything because they belong to the government,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Ministry ranger Alfred Matomola says it is currently peak season for human-wildlife conflict involving crop damage.<\/p>\n

He says the ministry launched a three-month Mudumo South Complex human-wildlife conflict joint operation last month to mitigate the ever-increasing human-wildlife conflict in the area.<\/p>\n

The joint operation consists of community game guards from various conservancies, ministry staff from parks, and regional services.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the beginning of this joint operation, about 15 hectares of crop fields belonging to various farmers have been destroyed, mainly by elephants and a bit by hippos, in the Mbilajwe, Batubaja and Maunga areas,\u201d Matomola says.<\/p>\n

He says they have observed that many farmers have not taken mitigation measures such as fencing or staying at their fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they have someone living in the fields, this person can then scare the elephants away or call us in time to respond before any significant damage is done.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout these measures, wildlife will continue to destroy their crops,\u201d Matomola says.<\/p>\n

Questions sent to ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda have gone unanswered.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. SMALL-SCALE crop farmers in the Zambezi region say the government should compensate them with the actual value of crops destroyed by wildlife. Human-wildlife conflict within the region has been of great concern for the already poor farmers, who end up losing thousands of dollars of what they spend on production annually. 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