Mundia adds that large-scale farming has created jobs. Top of the class: clever Kenyan elephants learn to use rail underpasses.S2,EP20: Nigeria's 3D print revolution, Gambia combats kidney disease & Kenya's elephant issues.No one would dare cultivate such large areas in the past,” he says. If you look around you can see large pieces of land have already been planted. “The community is overjoyed and says that whoever installed this fence is their earthly savior. John Mundia, a village elder at Mathira sublocation, says the introduction of the digital smart fence is a game-changer for the community. Local officials say the human-wildlife conflict has been driven by a population explosion in an area that encroaches on the wild animals’ grazing areas. Now she has expanded her farm to include tomatoes and beans. She says that before the installation of the fence, she used to grow maize and potatoes, which could be destroyed by the elephants.

But now we are thankful because we have expanded our fields.” “If one elephant sets its foot in the farm, it destroys everything. “In the past when we didn’t have this fence, we were having problems with wild animals especially elephants,” says Mukami, who has lived on her farm for about 50 years. She says she can cultivate her small plot of land in peace. The introduction of this fence has made the world of difference to Alice Mukami. The smart fence is equipped with modern technology such as cameras and sensors to monitor the movement of animals, preventing them from destroying farms. The human-wildlife conflict in the area may soon be a thing of the past after the government and non-governmental organisations installed a smart digital fence to keep away not only the elephants but other wildlife. It has to cover big areas and at times it is difficult to follow a single marauding elephant for six days,” he says. “Although we see the effort of the KWS, the organisation is highly underfunded in comparison to its mandate. The elephants come in their hundreds destroying fences, breaking trees, water tanks, crops and even threaten human beings and other animals says farmer and business owner Douglas Bolton.īolton, however, blames the government for not adequately supporting the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

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