About 300 acres of farmlands have been destroyed by elephants at Assin Nsabaah in the Assin South District of the Central Region with an estimated damage cost of GH¢70,000.
Elephants invasion in the town has been a yearly occurrence, where they migrate from their habitation in the forest reserve in the area to consume farm produce and destroy them just as the farmers are about to harvest them.
This time around their numbers and the devastation caused is huge.
The crops mainly affected are maize, rice, groundnut, millet plantain, etc. The invasion affected many farmers in the town
The farmers are therefore appealing to benevolent organisations as a matter of urgency to support them with food and other livelihood items.
They stressed that Since elephant invasion in farms has been a yearly occurrence, they urged authorities of the Ghana Forestry Commission of Game and Wildlife to help find a permanent solution.
Some of the affected farmers in the area expressed their disappointment over the invasion and called on the authorities concerned to address the issue urgently since it has affected their livelihoods.
They added that now that their crops are destroyed they are wondering what they will eat between now and the dry season; more so these are the farm produce they intended to sell to earn incomes for dry season farming and solve the needs of their families.
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