Challenges of herdsmen-farmers conflict in livestock production in Nigeria: Experience of pastoralists in Kogi State, Nigeria

Dimelu, M. U.; Salifu, D. E.; Enwelu, A. I.; Igbokwe, E. M.

doi:10.5897/ajar2016.11740

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“…No economy can thrive in an air of hostility, violent conflicts, crisis, and wars. Dimelu, Salifu, Enwelu, and Igbokwe (2017) aver that conflict between pastoralists and farmers in agrarian communities presents a formidable challenge to both food and livestock production in Nigeria. It is associated with structural issues like population, cultural, political and ethnoreligious differences as well as unproductive conflict behaviours and struggle for livelihood survival by the disputants.…”

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Farmers/Herdsmen Crisis and Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria

Egobueze¹,

Daniel²,

Ogele³

2020

theijhss

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The agrarian economy is the second major source of Nigeria's earning and employs about 70% of Nigerians. Media reports indicate that there have been increases in the cases of attacks by Fulani herdsmen on several farmers in communities. The Fulani herdsmen as were reported, brutally kill the inhabitants of the invaded farming communities, including women and children in various states across the country. The Fulani herdsmen are usually armed with sophisticated weapons when carrying out attacks on their target communities at the time they are defenseless like midnight or on Sundays when they are in their churches, killing people arbitrarily, especially women and children, burning houses and looting properties. States like Benue, Taraba, Nassarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Katsina, has been in the news as being the worst hit of late, having tasted the overwhelming attacks by the Fulani herdsmen. Other states like Kogi, Delta, Imo, Ebonyi and Enugu have also had some isolated cases of the sporadic attacks by the unrestrained Fulani Herdsmen whose binge for blood has remained unquenching. The brutality and impunity with which the attackers operate without regard for the law and the sanctity of life, coupled with the inability of the Police and other military establishments to defend the victims who are being mercilessly slaughtered in their homeland, is most disturbing. The conflict between the Fulani herdsmen and the farmers usually arise when the Herdsmen overrun community farmland with their cattle and let them graze unrestricted on cultivated and uncultivated land, thereby destroying valuable food and cash crops without recourse to its implication on the farmer. Farming communities have been made to forego their farmlands, abandon their agricultural products of the farms which are the mainstay of the host communities, for the safety of their lives whenever the marauders strike. This is because when the communities try to resist them and request their exit, the Fulani herdsmen will become violent and attack the community sometimes with the aid of some alleged mercenaries from the neighbouring countries like Chad, Niger, Mali, and Cameroon. The most unfortunate aspect of the entire saga is the alleged complicity of the security agencies in Nigeria in protecting the killer herdsmen against the defenseless communities who have been attacked. Conflicts between pastoralists and farmers have been age-long in Nigeria; this is caused by increases in the herd sizes, due to improved conditions of the cattle, compelled the pastoralists to seek for more pastures beyond their geographical limited, unavoidable drought in the northern area and more pressures on the land resources (Bello, 2013). In Nigeria, agriculture employs about 70 percent of its labour force. Smallholders in the country's centre and southern harvest most of the country's tuber and vegetable crops while pastoralists in the north raise most of its grains and livestock. Over 90 percent of pastoralists reportedly are the Fulani, a large ethnic group straddling several W...

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Section: Implications Of Farmers-herders Conflict On Sustainable Foodmentioning

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Farmers/Herdsmen Crisis and Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria

Egobueze¹,

Daniel²,

Ogele³

2020

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“…Further Study titled, 'Challenges of Herdsmen-Farmers' Conflict in Livestock Production in Nigeria: Experience of Pastoralists in Kogi State, Nigeria, conducted by [17], examined the challenges faced by pastoralists in conflict with farming communities in Kogi State, Nigeria. The study used survey method to discover that herding was mainly done for prestige and commercial purposes with average farm size of 240 cattle.…”

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“…A typical Fulani herdsman keeps and sustains his herd through open grazing. This open or pastoralist system involves young men who do labor intensive herding while the women engage in culinary services, cook and sell animal products in the market, [39,17] According to [13], one of the striking aspects…”

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The Logic of Open Grazing in Nigeria: Interrogating The Effect on Sustainable Development

Chukwuemeka¹,

Aduma²,

Eneh³

2018

IJFBMS

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Livestock have played a pivotal role in the development of human civilizations around the world and continues to play the same role in the present day local and global economy. It has done so by increasing the amount of food and nutrition available to people in four ways-by being a rich source of protein food, fertilizer and by pulling plows. It has also been a good source of raw materials for the leather and clothing industry as well as providing employment to those who keep it. According to [15], the growth of animal husbandry, including greater use of manure from livestock as fertilizer was the first of four factors that contributed to the agricultural revolution that ended the cycle of dearth and hunger that afflicted Europe for centuries. If the above views are correct, then it is imperative that society both

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“…The adverse effect of cultivated land expansion includes threat to forest ecosystem, plant biodiversity and carbon emission (Zomer et al, 2016). Land-use change in sub-Saharan countries is still on the increase, resulting in community conflicts such as farmers-herdsmen struggle in some parts of Northern Nigeria over resources on parklands (Dimelu et al, 2017;Lubeck, 2014;Tenuche & Olanrewaju, 2009). The sustainable management of parkland is significant to maintaining biodiversity and improving the productivity of Sahelian agroecosystems of West Africa (Bayala et al, 2015).…”

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Parkland Trees under Severe Drought: An Assessment of Species Diversity and Abundance across Three Agroecological Zones of Northern Nigeria

Abdullahi¹

2021

OJF

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The appraisal of tree stand structure on parklands is crucial for sustainable agroforestry management decisions, particularly in the drylands of Nigeria. An assessment of tree species distribution in farm plots across the three driest Agroecological zones (AEZ) within Northern Nigeria was performed to determine diversity and abundance in a changing climate. The AEZ include Sudan savannah (SS), Northern Guinea savannah (NGS) and Southern Guinea savannah (SGS). In each AEZ, 3 transects were laid per village and a total of 4 sample plots were located along each transect. Tree bole diameter of all the sampled woody perennials with dbh ≥ 10 cm was measured and identified to species level. The measurement and computation include basal area, species relative density and dominance as well as the important value index (IVI). Results showed that across the AEZs, Parkia biglobosa trees had the highest IVI but reduces from the driest zone, SS (50.25%) through the transitional zone, NGS (38.45%) to the wettest AEZ, the SGS (35.43%). The lowest IVI recorded were in Gliricidia sepium (0.62%), Psidium guajava (2.89%) and Eucalyptus camaldulensis (1.83) in the SGS, NGS and SGS respectively. Parkia biglobosa and Mangifera indica dominated the landscapes and are classified as the landscapes' habitat generalists. Despite the low organic matter content, Sudan savannah had more diverse species on its farm landscapes than the two other AEZ but with less tree popuplation density. The potential contribution of agroforestry parkland trees to agrobiodiversity in reducing drought and improving soil fertility is essential for sustainable agricultural productivity and landscape restoration.

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Challenges of herdsmen-farmers conflict in livestock production in Nigeria: Experience of pastoralists in Kogi State, Nigeria

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Farmers/Herdsmen Crisis and Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria

Farmers/Herdsmen Crisis and Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria

The Logic of Open Grazing in Nigeria: Interrogating The Effect on Sustainable Development

Parkland Trees under Severe Drought: An Assessment of Species Diversity and Abundance across Three Agroecological Zones of Northern Nigeria

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