Conflict triggers between farming and pastoral communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12936732
AutoresOludayo Tade (0000-0002-5997-1819, University of Ibadan, autor de correspondencia), Yikwab Peter Yikwabs (Federal University Lokoja)
Año2020
Volumen12
Número3
Páginas101-114
Fecha de publicación2020-05-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Aggression Conflict and Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1759-6599 • E-ISSN: 2042-8715
EditorialEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/jacpr-10-2019-0448
OpenAlexW3023845128
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas7

Purpose This study aims to examine contemporary factors underlying farmers and pastoralists’ conflict in Nasarawa state. These two communities had rosy and symbiotic relationships which have transmogrified into sour tales of mutual suspicion, destruction, deaths and violence. Design/methodology/approach Exploratory research design was used. Data was collected using qualitative tools of data collection such as in-depth interview (IDI) and key informant (KII) guides to extract responses from farmers and pastoralists. Findings In a bid to end the conflicts between these two groups, Benue State Government enacted the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law also known as anti-open grazing law in 2018. Although the law altered the conflict landscape in Benue, it recorded trans-territorial backlashes in the neighbouring Nasarawa State where herdsmen relocated. The relocation of herders to Nasarawa State, setting up of livestock guards to check open grazing by pastoralists, rumour and politics triggered contemporary violent conflicts between these groups. Originality/value As against existing studies, this study examines contemporary trigger of the conflict

Agriculture · Archaeology · Geography · Government (linguistics · Livelihood · Livestock · Originality · Pastoralism · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Relocation · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science · Animal Diversity and Health Studies · Law · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Forestry