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The Implication Of Herdsmen Banditry Activities On Food Scarcity In Nigeria
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1.2 Statement Of The Problem
Insecurity
from both Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen is a significant threat to
Nigeria's agricultural sector. The terrorist and banditry activities in
northeast Nigeria have had a negative effect on agricultural activities
causing breach in farming activities of farming communities. Farming
activities are not only impossible to carry out in an unstable climate,
but domestic agricultural production is stifled, farming communities are
displaced, and access to regional markets is limited (Eigege &
Cooke, 2016). In addition to Boko-haram insurgent group,the Fulani
herdsmen banditry groups have become a major threat to farming
communities due to incessant attacks on these farming communities with
attendant fatalities.
The Fulani pastoralists' heinous banditry
attacks on the farming regions have made it impossible for farmers in
these areas to go to their farms to plant or harvest. Aside from the
physical assault on the farmers, the livestock (cows, cattle) has also
caused significant harm on the crops of farmers and this deepens their
sore.
The implication of this is reflected in the unabated increase
in food commodity prices, shortage of certain food products, and adverse
food scarcity/insecurity in the country as areas where food crops are
planted/produced are no longer farming due to insecurity. Notably most
of the farmers in agriculturally popular community of the middle belt,
northwest and northeast have abandoned their farms and migrate to other
communities seeking protection for their lives while leaving their farm
crops unharvested with the seedling destroyed by the banditry groups
thus this pose adverse effect on the availability of food product and
like food shortage in the country. Therefore it against this back drop
that this study seek to examine the implication of herdsmen banditry
activities on food scarcity in Nigeria.
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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---
