Promoting Peace and Managing Farmer-Herder Conflict

The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Agogo, Ghana

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2098567
AutoresMary Boatemaa Setrana (0000-0002-5686-2721, University of Ghana, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume65
Fascículo2
Páginas430-454
Data de publicação2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/asr.2021.92
OpenAlexW4284881385
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas21

Continued clashes between nomadic pastoralists and farmers generate concerns about the capacity of community-based civil society organizations to effectively navigate conflict resolution in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA), Ghana. The Agogo and Fulani associations ostensibly manage farmer-herder conflict but with mixed results. Setrana argues that, unlike foreign or international civil society organizations, community-based associations play important roles in managing conflict because they often have better cultural understanding. The success of such organizations, however, depends on whether they are perceived as indigenous or non-indigenous. This binary framework often leads to a winner-takes-all attitude and rarely results in sustainable conflict resolution

Civil Conflict · Civil society · Conflict management · Conflict resolution · Geography · Indigenous · Livestock · Pastoralism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Ecology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology