| dc.description.abstract | How have variables of terrorism, politics and ethnicity complicated the increasingly
devastating conflicts between farmers and herders in Nigeria? What short and
long term policy suggestions can aid the management of these conflicts in Nigeria?
The descriptive survey method was adopted for the study; gathering primary data
from law enforcement officers, village heads, experts, and groups of farmers and
herders in select states in Northern Nigeria, and all primary and secondary data
were content analyzed.
The study found that politics, ethnicity, religion, economic livelihoods and cultural
lifestyles are variables that complicate farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria. The study
concluded that government, civil societies, non-governmental organisations, and
even more importantly the two groups – farmers and herders, must be committed
to ending the conflicts through productive dialogue. One recommendation relating
to the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan is ensuring
that cattle owners and herders buy-in to the plan, as this will largely determine the
success of the transformation plan. | en_US |
