Udupi: Over the past few years, Govinda Rao, a farmer from Ulthoor Village in Kundapur has worked on a solution to avoid human conflicts.
He, with a cost-effective torch method and Bluetooth speaker, has been able to keep animals in his rice fields.
A teacher assistant (Science) at Chethana High School in Hangarakatte, he said that wild boar has destroyed plants regularly in the six fields of Acre’s rice fields he has inherited.
Govinda Rao told TOI that nearly 20% of plants were destroyed every year due to animal attacks.
On several occasions, upset with destruction, the family even thought of submitting cultivation.
“I have read about low-cost plant protection steps and decided to try the same.
Last year, along with my son, Ayush, a seventh grade student, two LED torches were placed in a separate transparent box, bound to the pole and placed on The opposite direction at both ends of the field.
The torch light can be refilled and lasts for about seven hours when it is turned on.
Because the wind or insect and birds touch the box, the transparent box where the torch is placed spinning and light exists in all fields.
Therefore it works until the limit Certain, this year, we decided to tie Bluetooth speakers to the tree and connect it to Pen Drive and the whole night recorded the sound of tiger roar, trumpet elephant, dog barking played.
Sounds have been carefully selected by my Son Ayush from the internet and in this way , we have managed to save our plants from wild boar, deer, bison and peacock, “K Reason.
As soon as the word of this experiment spreads in the village, some farmers visit the field to learn it and also apply the same thing.
“We have uploaded this trial details on YouTube.
The impact of this is about 1-3 kilometers and animal attacks recorded in places far from our field.
This is a simple method that is cost-effective to overcome human conflicts and we have.
So far Successfully.
All settings cost less than Rs 1,000, “he added.