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The Implication Of Herdsmen Banditry Activities On Food Scarcity In Nigeria
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Of The Study
Food
scarcity, with its dangers for survival and serious physical and
psychological discomfort, has been part of human experience and human
culture from the earliest inception of language and thought. The need to
overcome the challenges associated with insufficiency of food
production and consumption in Nigeria has been a recurring issue
manifesting since independence in 1960. The projection of Federal
Ministry of National Planning (1975) was that agricultural sector was
expected to generate employment for the active but unemployed
individuals, guarantee self-sufficiency and self-reliance in food
production as well as foreign exchange but these were not realized.
Recently
a lot of researchers have shown from their studies the tendencies of
Nigeria going into food scarcity in the year 2022 if insecurity on
farming community continues(FAO 2016). This is because of the incessant
bandit attacks carried out on farmers in the Northeast and Middle Belt
which is the food basket of the nation,thus farming communities flee
their residence leaving their crops and farms which is likely to lead to
food scarcity/insecurity.
Food scarcity/insecurity, as measured in
the United States, refers to the social and economic problem of lack of
food due to resources, circumstances or other constraints. This
definition, supported by the ethnographic research conducted by Radimer
et al. (1992). Wolfe, Frongillo, and Valois (2003) added that food
scarcity/insecurity is experienced when there is (1) uncertainty about
future food availability and access, (2) insufficiency in the amount and
kind of food required for a healthy lifestyle, or (3) the need to use
socially unacceptable ways to acquire food and concurrence of crises
which would not allow availability of food production. Thus the increase
rise of banditry attacks on farming communities by the herdsmen has
become a vital issue of economic concern.
Banditry is a term used to
refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has
broken down (Collins, 2000). Banditry consists of the organization of
armed bands for the purpose of attacking state or social institutions or
enterprises or individual persons. Participation in such bands and in
the attacks committed by them is equally regarded as banditry (Collins,
2000).
Notably, any form of violence that leads to insecurity in
rural areas where majority of the people are farmers is bound to affect
food security and farming practices anywhere in the world hence the
upsurge of food scarcity abounds. The United Nations in September 2020
observed that attacks by insurgent and banditry groups will deepen food
scarcity/insecurity into the year 2022 in Africa as these terrorist
activities obstruct farming practices and food crop production (Channels
UN report 2020). Therefore it is on this note that this research seek
to examine the implication of banditry activities on food scarcity.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The main focus of this study is to examine the implication of herdsmen banditry activities on food Scarcity in Nigeria using Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun zones in Ogun State. The study adopted the survey descriptive research design and with the aid of convenience sampling method, the researcher purposively selected one hundred and fifty (150) participant for the study. Self- structure questionnaire was issued to the respondent of which one hundred forty-one (141) was retrieved and validated for the stud ... Continue reading---
