Farmers-herders’ crisis in Nigeria: An empirical review

Abstract

Farmers-herders' crisis is one of the recurrent security challenges in Nigeria. However, studies have examined the nature of farmers-herders' crisis at local level. Yet, there seems to be inadequate information on macroscopic causes and inherent factors responsible for farmers-herders' crisis in Nigeria. Hence, this study attempts to fill the missing gap by conducting an empirical review of studies on farmers-herders' crisis in Nigeria with a view to providing the broad causes of farmers/herders' crisis across regions in Nigeria. This study relies largely literature on farmers/herders' crisis in Nigeria. Drawing its conclusion from careful empirical review analysis, the study concludes that the farmers-herders' crisis is enflaming changes in people's character in a manner that is inimical to sustainable peace. Therefore, existing governmental and non-governmental efforts should be strengthened with a view to stemming the tide of the crisis and safeguarding people's peaceful disposition.