Palpa. Two years ago, farmers in Khyaaha, Ribdikot Rural Municipality-1, would reach their fields before dawn, monitor maize plants all day, and chase away troops of monkeys with slingshots and fake guns. They couldn't even return home after dusk. Worries about wild boars entering the fields at night constantly plagued them. Some farmers were becoming discouraged with farming as they couldn't bring their produce home despite cultivating it. However, now farmers have found relief as the ward office has arranged for monkey-watching employees in the villages and provided thorny wire fencing in farmers' fields. Since 2080 BS, the ward office...