UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Wild boar (Sus scrofa L.), is one of the most wide-spread terrestrial animals in the world and cause severe damage to agricultural, horticultural and plantation crops. Wild boar’s diet has been recorded over 400 species of plants, among all 40 species belongs to commercial crops. Farmers reported that crop losses of 50–60% in maize and tapioca in severely affected areas. The significant signs of wild boars include rooting, tracks, trails, nests or beds, wallows, as well as tree damage and post rubs. There are three different survey methods used to monitor the wild boar damages crop fields include ground survey method, arial survey method and edge index method. Wild boars damage the crops and commercial crop cultivation fields resulting reduces crop productivity and causes great economic losses. Reducing the population of wild boars to desired level is difficult to achieve and quite expensive. Integrated wild boar managements strategies consist of cultural methods, physical methods, biological methods, indigenous ITKs and chemical methods. Integrated wild boar management is cost effective techniques to control the wild boar populations and minimizing the crops damages caused by wild boars to increase production and productivity of various agricultural, horticultural and forestry crops and reduce the man animal conflict.