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Review of Farmers-Herdsmen Crisis in Nigeria from 2016 to 2021: Farmers-Herdsmen Crisis in Nigeria from 2016 to 2021

Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: This paper highlights review of farmers-herdsmen crisis in Nigeria between 2016 and 2021. It examined geopolitical prevalence of farmer-herdsmen’s crisis, causes of the crisis and consequences of the crisis. The research employs qualitative method. Secondary data from published incidences on journals, textbooks, online publications and unpublished works were collected and used. According to reviewed literatures, farmers-herdsmen crisis occurred 162 times between 2016 and 2021 in Nigeria. The data were analyzed with the use of frequency table, percentage and charts. The paper finds out that the conflict is as a result of land resources particularly grazing land and water and, this caused loss of lives and properties such as crops, cattle and houses. The crisis is more prevalent in the North Central Geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Destruction of farmers’ crops by the cattle and reprisal attack are the major sources of dispute between the farmers and the herdsmen. Number of death casualties occurred at the peak of dry season (January to April). Dialogue and education are very important in solving the problem as agreed by many scholars. This study recommends that the federal government should pay much more attention to North Central Geopolitical zone and that the security agents should be more proactive to forestall attacks and reprisal attacks. And that there should be farm and grazing lands guards to guard farms and grazing lands. Extension agents should serve as the middlemen between the farmers and the herdsmen for effective dialogues, negotiations and education of the farmers and the herdsmen and the dialogue fora should be chaired by the local government chairmen
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220522687
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