Appraising the Effect of Boko Haram Insurgency on the Agricultural Sector of Nigerian Business Environment

Adebisi, Sunday Abayomi; Azeez, O. O; Oyedeji, R.

doi:10.15209/jbsge.v11i1.999

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“…Rainfall is normally sufficient and squarely distributed over the country. About 75.30 percent of the 98.321 million hectares of land accessible in Nigeria can be classified as arable land, 10 percent as forest reserves, and the other 14.70 percent is thought to be permanent pastures, built-up areas, and uncultivable waste [Adebisi et al, 2017]. Agriculture has continuously been an important sector and the foundation of the Nigerian economy [Igboeli, 2000].…”

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Impact of Banditry on Agricultural Output in Nigeria

Alexander¹,

Adewumi²

2022

Vestn. Volgogr. gos. univ. Econom.

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This study aims to examine the impact of banditry on Nigeria’s agricultural output with an emphasis on herdsmen attacks between 2014 and 2020. The study employs a quantitative research method, with the source of data being a secondary source. The proxies used for the independent variable are the total number of deaths resulting from pastoralists’ attacks, the total number injured by pastoralists, and the total number of internally displaced persons, while the agricultural output percentage of GDP was used to proxy the dependent variable. The data was collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin, 2020, the Global Terrorism Database, 2020, and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center Database, 2022. The data was analysed using Auto-regressive Distribution Lag (ARDL). The results of the study show that as the number of deaths from herdsmen attacks increases the agricultural output decreases, while the number of injured from herdsmen attacks has no significant effect on the agricultural output. Furthermore, the results reveal that as persons become displaced internally, agricultural output rises. The study recommends that the government should provide more securities aid to the farming communities, provide adequate healthcare for these communities, and also help the internally displaced farmers and others to settle quickly to their new environment and provide them with adequate tools to engage effectively in agricultural activities.

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Section: Conceptual Reviewmentioning

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Impact of Banditry on Agricultural Output in Nigeria

Alexander¹,

Adewumi²

2022

Vestn. Volgogr. gos. univ. Econom.

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“…The disruption of the production of cash and food crops and livestock has led to decreases in milk production, meat production, and an increase in cattle price. Poultry farmers also do not find their business lucrative anymore, as the people purchasing the goods have been displaced (Adebisi, Azeez, and Oyedeji, 2016).…”

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“…Boko Haram insurgency has crippled the agricultural export market in northern states, resulting in the forfeiture of one of Nigeria's largest prospective revenue sources. In addition, major markets in the northeast and northwest, where Boko Haram originated from and very active, have become ghost areas due to the sect's activities (Adebisi et al, 2016). The effect of Boko Haram's activities on trade and investment has reduced the country's foreign reserve and has worsened the unemployment problem in the country.…”

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Boko Haram Insurgency/Terrorist and its Impact on Nigeria’s Economy

Sylvester¹,

Osimen²,

Uwa³

2021

IJSRP

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Boko Haram terrorist group has posed a significant security problem to the country. Apart from the fact that the terrorist group has displaced farmers, causing many of them to desert their farms, their activities have equally affected the country's production and trade of goods and services. Boko Haram insurgency has similarly affected the movement of goods and services across the country, especially in the North-eastern states, the exportation of cash and food crops, tourism, and entrepreneurial development, all of which have dire consequences for the country's economy. If Boko Haram's terror is allowed to persist, it could plunge the country into a recession that will take years to recover. Thus, this study examined the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on Nigeria's economy, with a particular focus on how to curb the menace. The paper utilized secondary data sourced from textbooks, journals, newspapers, and the internet. The paper found that Boko Haram terrorist insurgency harm agricultural productivity, trade, investment, entrepreneurial and industrial development in Nigeria. It therefore recommended that Nigerian government should provide adequate necessities of life such as good hospitals, quality education, motorable roads, portable water, and favourable conditions for employment opportunities to the people of Nigeria, as it will help to enhance employment generation and reduce the rate at which people indulge in the act of terrorism. It also recommended that the government should initiate more strategies or programmes of poverty reduction, as it will help reduce drastically the rate at which some Nigerians indulge in acts of terrorism or other activities capable of enthroning insecurity in the country.

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“…The Boko Haram insurgency has led to massive displacements and high levels of food insecurity in northeast Nigeria. Already poor and vulnerable host communities have absorbed large numbers of people fleeing violence, placing considerable pressure on fragile agricultural and pastoral livelihoods, while the insecurity has severely disrupted markets and food availability (Adebisi et al, 2017).…”

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“…Other farm animals need to be fed to grow well for business and most of the animals' food are obtained from farm products. Insecurity has led to drastic reduction in agricultural output and increase in prices in other parts of the country (Sahara reporters, 2015, Kathleen, 2014 cited in Adebisi et al, 2017). Besides, most of the animal farmers who normally trek through the bushes to convey their animals mostly cattle for sale in markets especially at the Buni Yadi animal market find it very difficult now to do so as a result of fear of cattle rustling and attacks by the dreaded Boko Haram group.…”

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Impacts of Boko Haram Insurgency on Agricultural Activities in Gujba Local Government Area, Yobe State, Nigeria.

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The study was conducted between the months of November-December 2018 to assess the impacts of Boko Haram insurgency on agricultural activities in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state, Nigeria. Six towns namely Buni Yadi, Gujba, Goniri, Katarko, Mutai and Wagir formed the study locations. These towns were the major agricultural strongholds of the Local Government. The study considered impacts of the insurgency on farming after the return of residents to these towns after almost two years of exile in other places as a result of displacement by the militants’ activities (2016-2018). Descriptive Survey design involving mixed methods was used in which a total of 394 respondents participated. Closed-ended questionnaire and Structured Interview methods were the instruments of data collection. Results on the respondents’ demographic characteristics indicated that the majority of the people were married young men within the age group of 26-35 years. Bulk of them was crop farmers (40.1%) and those engaged in handy works such as carpentry and trading (31.2%). More than 50% of the respondents did not possess any formal western education. Results also indicated that, at first (2012-2016) Boko Haram insurgency had really had a toll on all normal human activities in the area including farming to the extent that crop and animal production virtually came to a standstill and many farmers went into exile for a period of two years (2014-2016). But with the restoration of relative peace in 2016 as a result of which many of the displaced people returned to these towns, agricultural activities especially crop production gradually picked up which led to a good bumper harvest in 2018. However, many returnees still depend on food aids being distributed by a number of Non-Governmental Organisations. Besides, crop trading has been found to have improved greatly. Unfortunately, impacts of the insurgency on livestock production are still felt across the Local Government Area as many livestock farmers have completely relocated to other places considered safer to graze their animals which led to a significant decrease in the number of animals especially cattle in these areas. Thus, it was concluded that, with decisive developmental projects and concrete insurgency combatting efforts, all agricultural activities can be fully revived in these areas and the recent threat to food security can be addressed. It was further recommended that governments at all level should be more proactive in combatting insurgency in these areas and beyond and provide the basic infrastructural requirements required by the people in order to encourage them to go back to farm so that agricultural activities can get back to track as usual.

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Appraising the Effect of Boko Haram Insurgency on the Agricultural Sector of Nigerian Business Environment

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Impact of Banditry on Agricultural Output in Nigeria

Impact of Banditry on Agricultural Output in Nigeria

Boko Haram Insurgency/Terrorist and its Impact on Nigeria’s Economy

Impacts of Boko Haram Insurgency on Agricultural Activities in Gujba Local Government Area, Yobe State, Nigeria.

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