India, Oct. 4 -- A recent study by the Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD) at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune, has revealed that farmers in Maharashtra suffer annual crop losses ranging between Rs.10,000 crore and Rs.40,000 crore due to wildlife attacks. Shockingly, only 1-2% of these losses are compensated.

Titled "Human-Wildlife Conflicts: An Estimation of Net Agricultural Losses in Maharashtra," the report was released on October 3 by GIPE Chancellor Sanjeev Sanyal. The study was led by Dr Gurudas Nulkar, Vaidehi Dandekar, and independent researcher Milind Watve, and was based on interviews with 1,200 farmers across the state between July 2024 and July 2025.

The findings show that 54% of farmers had ...