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INNOVATION CHALLENGE 3.0

INNOVATION CHALLENGE 3.0

Date/Schedule: 15 - December - 2020 to 15 - December - 2020
Speakers: AIC-SKU Team partnering with WWF-India to evaluate the ideas
Venue: Virtual
Participants: Students (Technology / Medicine / Pharma / Others) | Startups (registered or non-registered) | Innovators Entrepreneurs (Includes MSMEs) | Institutions (Educational / R&D Institutions / NGOs etc.) | Tech Organizations | Corporates
Innovation Challenge 3.0

Given the extent of crop damage that happens around forest areas (and Protected Areas – National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves, etc.) in most parts of the country, it is important that any mitigation measure is scalable and takes into consideration cost factor. For a mitigation method to be successful, if found effective, it should be replicable locally by people without incurring high costs to ensure the viability of the method.

The Problem

Crop damage due to wild ungulates (hoofed animals including deer, pig), monkey, etc. is common around forest areas in Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Chhattisgarh (Central Indian Landscape). People lose a large part of their crop to the wild animals that move out of the forest and raid crop-fields. The animals being protected by law (under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972) cannot be injured or killed in retaliation by the aggrieved farmer. Crop loss compensation by the government is also a tedious process and is not well implemented in most states. 
The loss of crop after putting in a lot of hard work and finances makes people angry and sometimes leads to retaliation against the wildlife that raids the crop fields. This is done by way of the poisoning of water sources, putting up snares and leg traps, live electric wire, etc. The damage is at times co-lateral, as animals other than the crop-raiding ones, like tigers, leopards, etc., also get trapped and killed. Live electric wires have also caused death to both humans as well as animals like tigers, leopards, and bears.

There is thus a need for a method that is non-fatal yet effective to guard against crop-loss to wild animals especially deer species, pigs, and monkeys.

Applications Open: 2nd November 2020

Applications Close: 15th November 2020

Challenge Date: 18th November 2020

Result: 02nd December 2020


Outcomes
  • Opportunity to convert idea into product
  • Prototype development support
  • IPR Support
  • Market Access
  • Testing and Validation Support