The challenges of agricultural sector in the twenty first century as a result of the activities of cattle herdsmen/terrorist sects should not be underestimated because they have imposed a gross untold hardship to farmers in particular and a nation at large. Nigeria has recorded several violent conflicts in many rural communities from 1999 till date, conflicts that have resulted to over 10,000 deaths and internal displacement of over 300,000 Nigerian have been recorded and this has created distortion in farmer's livelihood since they live and earn their living from rural areas. Presently, the current situation of agriculture in Nigeria is despicable, deplorable, unspeakable, disgraceful, deceptive, tragic, retrogressive and not even befitting a nation that is rich and endowed with natural resources. However, the implications of cattle-herdsmen/terrorist sects on agricultural sector have displayed consequent effects in all the spheres of agricultural fields and even brought about fundamental problems with regard to food crisis in the prone areas. In view of this, this paper used analytical approach to review the followings; Impacts of cattle herdsmen on Nigerian economy, Causes of farmers-herder's Conflicts in Nigeria, coping strategies for the challenges and the detailed report on the number of attacks and number of people killed by cattle herdsmen in the last 5 years. This paper therefore, recommended that those factors that cause or escalate conflicts must be seriously avoided and if probably occur should be entrusted in the hands of the traditional rulers of the community involved. Government at all levels should handle conflict with their utmost capacity thereby enacting laws that will serve as deterrent to cattle herdsmen in order to reduce insecurity and ameliorate the spate of conflict and mass slaughter. Traditional method of conflict management should be articulated with modern ones in order to stop further eruption of conflicts. Establishment of ranches in all the states of nation should be enacted into law to reduce the spate of conflicts escalation.
The study examined the health care delivery of primary health care centres (PHC) in Abia State, Nigeria; it assessed the quality of services rendered and the effects on the wellbeing of cassava farmers. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the sample size of 180 cassava farmers for the study. Primary data were generated using a pre-tested questionnaire and were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study revealed that the mean age of the respondents was 45.44 years, majority (67.2%) of the respondents were females while about 68.3% of the total respondents were married. The mean household size was 5.23. Majority (93.3%) of the respondents had good knowledge of primary health centres in their area, 72.2% utilized the PHC service centres moderately, and there was a positive perception of the performance of the PHC service providers in the study area. The results of the relationship between performance of PHC service providers and respondents' wellbeing showed that household savings status was significant at 1%, education, household expenditure, health status was significant at 5% while food security, and income level were positive and significant at 10%. The study concluded that the health care delivery of primary health care service centres had a positive effect on the wellbeing of respondents in the study area.
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