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Cattle Ranching In Nigeria: Problems And Solution
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
When
ranching was introduced, the economic contribution of the livestock was
the major consideration. This consideration relegated the multiple
functions and non-economic uses of livestock, which might be more
important to the Fulani. Ranching capitalized on enhanced production
output, but overlooked the potential use of animals as self-reproducing
wealth, symbol of prestige, medium of social exchange, and insurance
policy (Cisse 1980; and Schneider 1981). A major policy mistake was that
of failing to understand that traditional pastoralism was an important
source of food and employment on a continuous basis to most of the
household members (Sandford 1982; and Cossins 1983). It is against this
backdrop that the researcher intends to investigate the problem and
prospect of cattle ranching in Nigeria
1.3OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The
main the objective of the study is to ascertain the problem and
prospect of cattle ranching in Nigeria. To aid the successful completion
of the study, the researcher intends to achieve the following specific
objective;
i) To ascertain the problem of cattle ranching in Nigeria
ii) To examine the merit of cattle ranching in cattle production in Nigeria
iii) To evaluate the relationship between cattle ranching and cattle production in Nigeria
iv) To examine the role of cattle ranching in reducing communal clashes
1.4RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
The researcher formulates the following research hypotheses to aid the successful completion of the study;
H0: there is no significant relationship between cattle ranching and cattle production in Nigeria
H1: there is a significant relationship between cattle ranching and cattle production in Nigeria
H02: cattle ranching do not play any significant role in combatting communal clashes in Nigeria
H2: cattle ranching do play a significant role in combatting communal clashes in Nigeria
1.5SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It
is believed that at the completion of the study, the findings will be
of great importance to the house committee on agriculture and federal
ministry of agriculture as the study seek to enumerate the numerous
benefit of cattle ranching over open grazing as this will help in policy
formation, the study will also be of importance to the security
operative as the findings of the study will help them strategize to curb
the menace of herdsmen farmers conflict in Benue state, the study will
also be useful to researchers who intend to embark on a study in a
similar topic as the study will serve as a reference point to further
studies. Finally, the study will be of great importance to reporters,
academia’s, students, teachers and the general public as the study will
add to the pool of existing literature and also contribute to bank of
knowledge in the subject matter.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Pastoralism is the most traditional of ruminant livestock production systems in which extensive movement of the animals in search of pastures and water is its salient feature. Whereas the system is adapted to exploit the dry, arid climatic zone, it often overlaps into wetter, agricultural land, occasionally ending up into violent conflicts. Ranching is practically the intensive form of pastoralism but it has a weakness of being seen as antisocial and needing high initial capital. Whatever other ... Continue reading---
