Villagers creates separate food zones to mitigate man-elephant conflict in Assam, India

Wild elephants strayed into the paddy field in search of food at rice paddy field in Nagaon District of Assam ,india on Nov 18,2022. The villagers of Assam’s Nagaon district have taken up a unique initiative to mitigate man-elephant conflicts and save their paddy crops. They planned to avoid the conflict by creating a separate food zone for wild elephants. The man-elephant conflict in Assam often settled down with the death of both elephants and humans as the state has witnessed this type of rising man-elephant conflict every year which leads to loss of life and destruction of properties.