Impacts of a participatory action project: How reducing crop raiding has implications for health
ResourceType
Dataset
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/6yea-xv36
Grant/Award Number and Agency
Washington University in St. Louis SURA Award 2018
Abstract
Human-wildlife interactions include wild animals foraging on agricultural crops, often called crop raiding. Crop raiding can result in disease transmission, poor nutrition, stress, and loss of income. Crop raiding also affects conservation because retaliatory events can result in wildlife being harmed. Around Kibale National Park, Uganda, a community action project implemented mitigation strategies that reduced crop raiding. We surveyed 95 of 106 (90%) project participant households to determine if participants perceived their health to have changed due to the project. We conducted open-ended, oral surveys during July and August 2018. Most participants said their overall health had improved (80%) and that their diet (83%), stress (82%), sleep (82%), and exposure to zoonotic diseases (64%) improved. Other benefits included income to pay medical bills and school fees. No participant reported negative effects. We found evidence that reducing crop raiding had positive implications for people’s health and income stability.
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6226-9991
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Recommended Citation
McCarten, Jillian and Milich, Krista, "Impacts of a participatory action project: How reducing crop raiding has implications for health" (2023). Digital Research Materials (Data & Supplemental files). 110.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/data/110
Publication Date
2023