Farmer-Herdsmen Crisis in Nigeria:A case study of conflict management strategies.

      Аннотация: The study investigated the nature of the farmers-herdsmen crisis in Nigeria and examined the major factors responsible for the crisis in Nigeria. Also, it assessed the role of government in addressing the crisis and identified gaps in government responses to the farmers-herdsmen crisis. These were with a view to finding out the reasons why conflict management strategies employed by the government in response to the farmers-herdsmen crisis has not resulted in the end of the crisis. The study made use of solely secondary method of data collection. Secondary data were sourced from textbooks, journal articles, the internet, magazines, commission reports and newspapers. The result showed that climate change, encroachment on areas of land reserved for grazing by farmers and encroachment on farms by breeders, the proliferation of small arms and crime in rural areas etc. are triggers of the farmers-herdsmen crisis in Nigeria.

Ключевые слова: farmer-herdsman crisis, crisis in Nigeria, Conflict Management Strategies