Land Use Conflict between Farmers and Herdsmen in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS) - Year 2019, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
The study was conducted in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State to investigate the causes of farmers- herdsmen and use conflict that is common in many parts of Nigeria. Such conflict has caused a lot of losses to Nigeria, the state, and local communities. Using simple random and purposive sampling techniques, 80 farmers and 20 herdsmen were selected from communities. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed that the major causes of farmers-herders conflict in the study area include destruction of crops by cattle, contamination of streams by cattledungs, female sexual harassment by herdsmen, harassment of herdsmen by youths of host communities, cattle rustling by host communities, and indiscriminate bush burning by herdsmen Most respondents suffered various effects as a result of their mutual conflict. The effects on both sides ranged from physical, economic, to socio-psychological. Loss of material resources were more widespread among farmers and this include loss of crop yield and income of farmer, displacement of farmers, loss of lives and property and loss of products in storage. On the part of herdsmen, losses whether material or not-were minimal. .The study revealed that three types of coping strategies were mostly adopted by the two groups. These are problem orientated coping strategy (POCS), emotion orientated coping strategy (EOCS), and social support seeking coping strategy (SSSCS).It was found that the average use score of problem-orientated coping strategies (POCS) and social support-seeking coping strategies (SSSCS) were higher for farmers compared to herdsmen implying that on average, farmers use more of these strategies since they encountered more conflict-related problems than herdsmen. On the other hand, the average use score in respect of emotion-orientated coping strategies (EOCS) was higher (70.1%) for herdsmen than farmers (29.9%)implying that herdsmen basically used emotion-orientated strategies which is an indication of a strong emotional attachment to the cattle among the Fulani tribe in Nigeria. The result of the probit regression model revealed that several factors were responsible for the use of coping strategies among the two groups. Age, income, and farm size significantly influenced the use of most of the coping strategies among the respondents. The study recommends that coping strategies should be incorporated into the mainstream activities of farmer-herdsmen conflict management.
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Ogebe F. O Daniel Abah, Ligom L. S.
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