Farmer-Herders’ Conflict and Climate Change: Response Strategies Needed in Nigeria and Other African Countries

Ibrahim-Olesin, Sikiru; Munonye, Jane; Onyeneke, Robert Ugochukwu; Adefalu, Lateef Lawal; Olaolu, Michael Olatunji; Azuamairo, Gillian Chidozie; Izuogu, Chibuzo Uzoma; Njoku, Loveday Chukwudi; Orji, Jephter Ebuka; Nneamaka, Joy; Dada, Olasunkanmi Afeez; Inyang, Paul; Ankrumah, Emmanuel

doi:10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v14i01/73-89

The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Respon

2021

DOI: 10.18848/1835-7156/cgp/v14i01/73-89

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Farmer-Herders’ Conflict and Climate Change: Response Strategies Needed in Nigeria and Other African Countries

Sikiru Ibrahim-Olesin¹,

Jane Munonye²,

Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke³

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Making community policing work: A panacea to crimes and rural conflicts in Nigeria

Ibrahim-Olesin,

Ogunlade,

Adefalu

et al. 2024

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In Nigeria, several community development initiatives abound either through the government or donor agencies. Despite all these efforts, little concern has been placed on the security of rural dwellers. This has enabled incessant conflicts in rural communities, leading to the loss of lives and an overall negative effect on food production. This chapter employed different conflict and mediation theories to explain the causes, drivers, and ways to resolve the conflicts. Materials were sourced from top-tier databases, including reports and publications from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum, and other reliable sources. It found that conflicts in rural communities have resulted in the destruction of lives and livelihood assets, a reduction in crop yield and income, an increase in fear and ethno-religious stereotypes, food shortages and rape. It identified a partial implementation of community policing strategy but noted the centralization of power to the Nigerian Police Force as an impediment to its effectiveness. Worthy approaches to ensuring the effectiveness of community policing strategy as a panacea to crimes and rural conflicts are: constitutional redress; developing programs and needed resources; training and re-training of officers and partners; planning an effective strategy using civilian volunteers; aligning performance measures of officers and partners; demonstrating leadership and taking risks; and making changes to the organization of departments under the community policing structure. However, it recommends operational community policing that incorporates all actors in the states and local governments with reliable legal frameworks for securing the farm and rural farming communities in Nigeria.

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Making community policing work: A panacea to crimes and rural conflicts in Nigeria

Ibrahim-Olesin,

Ogunlade,

Adefalu

et al. 2024

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Climate finance across sub-Saharan Africa: Decision trees and network flows

Chukwudum

2024

S. Afr. J. Sci

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The structure of climate finance flows from donors (multilateral sources) to recipients (sub-Saharan African countries) was studied. This is the first study to provide a comprehensive network structure of the climate finance flows into Africa, based on the global public climate finance governance system. Network theory and decision tree techniques were employed. The results obtained generally fit the multilateral funding units (MFUs) into two categories: central funding units (CFUs), which simultaneously attend to the climate-related projects of many African countries, and the boundary funding units (BFUs), which cater to only a few countries at once. An isolated region with no BFUs was identified. African countries within this group could be more exposed to climate financial risk as they rely on only the CFUs. In general, with the exception of mitigation REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) climate finance, a disproportionate distribution of climate themes, with particular reference to adaptation finance, was observed across sub-Saharan Africa. This has real implications for equitable resource allocation of climate funds. The need for African-bred region-wide MFUs is recommended.

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Gendered Gaps in the Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa and How to Overcome Them

Boudalia,

Dawit Teweldebirhan,

Ariom

et al. 2024

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In Africa, the agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It presents rapid growth as a result of rising food demand in Africa, which is being driven by population growth. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect crop yields and livestock production, thus threatening food security. This review highlights the existing gender gaps in African agriculture and discusses the drivers and barriers that maintain gender gaps in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in African countries. Moreover, the review offers a comprehensive roadmap for the essential measures required to facilitate the widespread uptake of CSA practices among female farmers. Several CSA practices were reported, such as agricultural practices, forest and cropland regeneration practices, water resources, and the use of weather and climate information services. The gender gap in the adoption of CSA practices was influenced by policy legislation, financial resources, social and cultural taboos, and technical determinants such as climate information access. To address this gender gap, scientific-outcome-based research should be used to address gender gaps among female small farmers. In conclusion, to overcome the gender gap in CSA adoption in Africa, this review recommends the use of a gender-responsive approach, the development of scientific research-driven measures, and the prioritization of gender equality in governments’ agendas in the context of climate change uncertainty.

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Farmer-Herders’ Conflict and Climate Change: Response Strategies Needed in Nigeria and Other African Countries

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Making community policing work: A panacea to crimes and rural conflicts in Nigeria

Making community policing work: A panacea to crimes and rural conflicts in Nigeria

Climate finance across sub-Saharan Africa: Decision trees and network flows

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