The politics of farmer–herder conflicts and alternative conflict management in Northwest Cameroon

Mbih, Richard Achia

doi:10.1080/19376812.2020.1720755

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“…Government's expenditure on agriculture in the current period has a positive and significant effect on livestock production in Nigeria. This outcome appears to supports existing government-backed herders-support programmes and justifies proposed rangeland management initiatives to address the herders-farmer disputes in Nigeria (Chiluwa and Chiluwa 2020;Chukwuma, 2020;Mbih, 2020).…”

Section: Livestock Productionsupporting

confidence: 65%

Investigating the Nexus of Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Nigeria

Gershon

Mbajekwe

2020

IJEEP

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This study examined the relationship between climate change and agricultural production (crop and livestock) in Nigeria using time series data from 1981-2017. Variables used to depict climate change are mean annual rainfall, temperature and carbon dioxide emissions. Data on crop yield was collated for 17 major crops produced in Nigeria with the livestock production index of Nigeria. Econometric analysis was carried out using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL). The results showed that there is a long run relationship between climate change and crop production while no long run relationship exists between climate change and livestock production. Furthermore, evidence is provided that rainfall and CO 2 emissions have a positive and significant effect on crop yield in the long run while temperature has a negative and significant effect on crop yield in the long run. It also was seen that four period lagged rainfall has a positive and significant effect on livestock production; two period lagged temperature had a negative significant effect and one period lagged CO 2 emissions had a negative significant effect on livestock production in Nigeria. Consequently, policy recommendations are offered for the government to meet its sustainable development goals.

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Section: Livestock Productionsupporting

confidence: 65%

Investigating the Nexus of Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Nigeria

Gershon

Mbajekwe

2020

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“…Studies have identified the activities of investors in commercial agriculture and the interests of the elites as critical factors shaping the recent upsurge of eco-violence (10,39,44). Rather than issues related to the climate, it is the elites' selfish interests that fuel conflict.…”

Section: Eco-violence In the Sahelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Insecurity and the emergence of 'ungoverned spaces' are also fuelling these conflicts (4,43). Recently, corruption related to the vested interests of agro investors and elites has emerged as additional critical factors in the recent upsurge of ecoviolence (10,44); likewise, the framing, construction, and representation of people's lives and the conflicts over water and grazing fields (24,41,45). This article departs from those approaches to investigate how political developments in Nigeria's Middle Belt since 2014 have contributed to the escalation of eco-violence.…”

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The Politics of Eco-violence: Why Is Conflict Escalating in Nigeria’s Middle Belt?

Olumba

2021

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Competition for natural resources has intensified in recent years between nomadic Fulani herders and sedentary farmers in Nigeria's Middle Belt. What were initially sporadic conflicts over cropland and water have transformed into daily occurrences of mass violence. While extant research focuses on the root causes of such conflicts, the reasons for their escalation remain insufficiently understood. Based on fieldwork conducted during 2018-2019, this article examines how political developments have contributed to the escalation of conflict in the region. Using Homer-Dixon's theory of civil strife as a conceptual framework, the findings show that changes in the 'political opportunity structure' in Nigeria since 2014 were a catalyst for escalating the conflicts. These changes resulted from the 2014 insecurity in Nigeria caused by terrorist acts committed by non-state actors and the outcomes of the 2015 election. The consequences were the unvarnished adoption of nepotistic domestic policies and alliances between elites and militia members.

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“…Challenges to these assumptions emerged through the new rangeland ecology, including through satellite image analysis, long-term rangeland monitoring and the identification of historical 're-greening' encouraged by pastoral land use (Dardel et al 2014). In recent years, debates about investment, the creation of corridors and the emergence of violent conflictincluding between herders and settled farmershave emerged in the West African literatures (Mbih 2020). As Benjaminsen and Ba (2019) explore for Mali, the involvement of pastoralists in jihadist armed groups is a new development, reflecting their distance from state power, patronage and support.…”

Section: West Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Pastoralists and peasants: perspectives on agrarian change

Scoones

2020

The Journal of Peasant Studies

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For many years, studies of peasants and pastoralists have run in parallel, creating mutual blind-spots. This article argues that, despite contrasting research traditions and conceptual framings, there are many commonalities. The classic problematics of agrarian studiesaround production, accumulation and politicsapply as much to pastoralists as they do to peasants. Processes of social differentiation and class formation, the role of wage labour and questions around mobilisation and politics are consistently relevant. However, a reflection on a large literature on pastoralism across nine world regions reveals that there are nevertheless some important contrasts with classic representations of a settled peasantry. These are: living with and off uncertainty; mobility to respond to variability; flexible land control and new forms of tenure; dynamic social formations; collective social relations for a new moral economy; engaging with complex markets and a new politics for a transforming world. The article concludes by arguing that, under contemporary conditions, these are all important for understanding settled agrarian systems too, as today pastoralists and peasants face many of the same challenges. These seven themes, the article argues, offer a new set of lenses for examining pastoral and peasant settings alike, helping to expand perspectives in agrarian studies.

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The politics of farmer–herder conflicts and alternative conflict management in Northwest Cameroon

Cited by 26 publications

References 32 publications

Investigating the Nexus of Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Nigeria

Investigating the Nexus of Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Nigeria

The Politics of Eco-violence: Why Is Conflict Escalating in Nigeria’s Middle Belt?

Pastoralists and peasants: perspectives on agrarian change

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