Elephant Pepper Development Trust

The Elephant Pepper Development Trust is a non-profit educational organization aimed at resolving human-wildlife conflict in rural areas of Africa. Established in Zimbabwe in November 1997,[1] the organization utilizes research, education, and dissemination of community-based problem animal control methods that are safe, low-cost, and effective.

Premise

The basic concept behind the EPDT is that by teaching African farmers to grow chili peppers as a barrier crop. It provides them with a defense against elephants foraging on their crops, preventing conflict with the elephants (thus preventing both deaths of farmers fending off elephants and illegal poaching of elephants by farmers to prevent foraging). The program is also intended to make additional revenue through the sale of the peppers and hot sauces produced from them.[2]

References
  1. "Background Information-The Elephant Pepper Development Trust" (PDF). Development Marketplace Project Completion Summary. World Bank. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  2. "Elephant Pepper Development Trust". Wildlife Conservation Society. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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