A critical analysis of conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria: Causes and socioreligious and political effects on national development

Ndubuisi, Christopher I.

doi:10.4102/hts.v74i1.5065

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“…Nigerians rely on cattle for food, and the price of meat in some areas has steadily increased. The government must pay attention to this situation and find a way to alleviate the additional financial burden placed on the population as a result of rising meat and food prices (Ndubuisi, 2018). It necessitates the government spending significant funds to address the conflict by submitting a supplemental budget (Ndubuisi, 2018).…”

Section: Drought and Migrationmentioning

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Perceived Factors Responsible for Herders-Farmers’ Communal Conflict in Plateau State, Nigeria

Hannah¹,

Sennuga²

2022

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This study was carried out to assess farmers' perception on the impact of grazing livestock on some tuber crops (yam, cassava and potato) in North Central Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted to select randomly 1200 tuber crop farmers in the study area (Abuja). Data were collected using structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistic and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the results. The socio-economic analysis showed that most of the farmers were male and married. Most of them had a household size of 6-10 people and were between the ages 41 and 50 years meaning they were within economically active age. Also, most of them had farming experience of 11-20 years and had secondary school education. Majority of them were smallholder farmers and had a maximum of 3 hectares of farmland. Cassava was the most affected tuber crop by grazing livestock in the study area while cattle were the most destructive livestock to tuber crops in the study area. The study revealed that impact of grazing on tuber crop production significantly (p <.05) depended on the tuber type (yam, cassava and potato), livestock type (cattle, goat and sheep), and location of the farmers in terms of state (Plateau). Also, the interaction between tuber type, livestock type and location had significant influence on the level of grazing on tuber crops in the study area. It was recommended that grazing reserves be provided for livestock farmers so that the incessant clashes between crop farmers and herders resulting from destruction of crops by livestock can be reduced.

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Section: Drought and Migrationmentioning

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Perceived Factors Responsible for Herders-Farmers’ Communal Conflict in Plateau State, Nigeria

Hannah¹,

Sennuga²

2022

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“…Together with the Boko Haram terror group, the Fulani militants were responsible for more than 7000 deaths that occurred in Nigeria in 2014. Although Boko Haram predominates in Nigeria's terrorism-related headlines, little is known about the Fulani herdsmen's attacks and abductions [Ndubuisi 2018].…”

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“…More than 200 people were killed and houses razed. In April 2016, the armed herdsmen carried out a renewed assault on Agatu with no less than 30 people dead [Ndubuisi 2018].…”

Section: Antecedents Of Fulani Herdsmen-farmers Conflict In Nigeriamentioning

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Farmers-Herdsmen Conflict in Africa: The Case of Nigeria

Oghuvbu

2020

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Meždunar. otnoš.

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General population growth and an increase in the number of farmers, environmental degradation, disruption of conditions for resolving land and water disputes, and the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the Sahel and West Africa have exacerbated the struggle for the survival and security of economic livelihoods, and in particular negatively affected relationships between shepherds and farmers in several communities in Africa. This kind of conflict between farmers and herdsmen mainly applies to Nigeria, but is also present in other African countries, especially in Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire. Such conflicts are not triggered by a single reason, but are driven by a set of multi-causal factors, such as scarce resources in the face of greater need, reprisal attacks, land and climate change, etc. Obviously, in case of Nigeria this kind of conflicts have a disintegrative impact, as they lead to the inimical effects to the country’s unity. The need for fostering value reorientation and restoring earlier interactive ties between herdsmen and farmers seems vital today, so that Nigerians can learn to appreciate the values that unite them more than those that separate the society.

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“…According to their leader, the attacks were reprisals against the Agatu people for killing a prominent Fulani man and stealing his cattle in 2013 (Nigerianeye, 2016). January 2013, also had a reported case of Fulani herdsmen attacks in some villages, killed 10 people, and displaced over 4,000 people (Ndubuisi, 2018). Another was the heavily armed Fulani herdsmen attacked in April 2016 in Nimbo Ngwoko, Ugwuijoro, Ekwuru, Ebor, Umuome and Ugwuachara villages in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu state.…”

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Farmers-Herders Crisis and Food Security in Nigeria: Causes and Implications

Udosen

2021

EJPSS

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The paper examines Farmers-Herders crisis and food security in Nigeria: Causes and Implications. It viewed that Farmers-Herders crisis in Nigeria threatens food security, peace and sustainable development of the nation, Nigeria. The work maintains that the incessant crises occasioned by Herdsmen and Farmers in Nigeria, has claimed so many lives and property, and displaced so many, with attendant socio-economic consequences on sustainable development of the nation, Nigeria. Using Resource Access Theory (RAT), the work explains that the crisis between Herders and Farmers can be understood as the problem of access to land for economic survival, which as a result, has caused economic, political and environmental tensions in Nigeria, especially in the middle belt and southern parts of Nigeria since the return to democracy in 1999. The theory argues succinctly that the inability of the Fulani Herdsmen to have unhindered access to land for grazing, is to a significant extent responsible for why they often go into conflict with the host communities and farmers in Nigeria as access to the resource is the main cause of the conflict and violence. With this thriving crisis and violence of Farmers and Herders in Nigeria without proper steps by the Nigerian Government to tackle it to a standstill, the work posits that it portends grave implications for Nigeria’s food security, peace and national development. Therefore, in order to create an enabling environment for food security, peace and sustainable development, the paper suggests among others that there is need for the Nigerian Government to come up with a proper re-orientation programme that will breed good and social interaction, irrespective of religious and ethnic background. Government at all levels should be firm and fair in its resolution and implementation decision so as to tackle the crisis to a standstill. There is need for the Federal Government of Nigeria to invest on national orientation programme that will make herdsmen to see the need to value human lives and property in Nigeria, even as the Government should also strengthen its security apparatus and make it fully independent. The paper also recommended that there should be border policing to guide against illegal entry and possession of illegal arms and ammunitions for peace and development of the nation, Nigeria. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0871/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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A critical analysis of conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria: Causes and socioreligious and political effects on national development

Cited by 26 publications

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Perceived Factors Responsible for Herders-Farmers’ Communal Conflict in Plateau State, Nigeria

Perceived Factors Responsible for Herders-Farmers’ Communal Conflict in Plateau State, Nigeria

Farmers-Herdsmen Conflict in Africa: The Case of Nigeria

Farmers-Herders Crisis and Food Security in Nigeria: Causes and Implications

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