Traditional Institutions Management: A Case Study of Pasturist Conflicts in Borno State, Nigeria | Chapter 03 | Current Perspective to Economics and Management Vol. 2
The study was conducted to assess the
traditional institutions management: a case study of Pasturist conflict in
three selected Local Government Areas (Damboa, Jere and Magumeri LGAs) of Borno
state, Nigeria. Muti-stage sampling technique was used to select 225 sample
size respondents which include farmers (150) and herders (75) respectively. A
structured questionnaire and interview schedule were used to collect data for
this study which was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency and
percentage) and PRA (Pair wise Ranking) tool. The results revealed that (89.3%)
of the respondents are of the opinion that, the most preferred strategies for
managing conflicts between farmers and herders in the study area are the
traditional institutions. Results in Table 2 shows that the farmers ranked the
resolution of conflict through the payment of compensation as the first while
the herders (Table 3) ranked it second. However, the study recommend that the
traditional rulers in conjunction with all the stakeholders at the village
level should maintain routine or annual meetings with farmers and herders for
the avoidance of conflict between the farmers and herders in the area. Also,
traditional institutions should be strengthen through constitutional amendment,
thus, to return their power to adjudicate conflict in the rural areas which had
been taken away by the 1976 Local Government Reform. The study found that there
are existing traditional institutions which are attempting to manage this
conflict. The respondents expressed their satisfaction with the performance of
the traditional institutions in managing the conflicts between farmers and
herders in the localities. However, the results revealed that majority (89.3%)
of the respondents are of the opinion that, the most preferred strategies for
managing conflicts between farmers and herders in the study area are the
traditional institutions. More so, the farmers ranked the resolution of
conflict through the payment of compensation as the first, while the herders
ranked it second.
Author(s) Details
Makinta, Maina Mohammed
Department of Agriculture,
Damboa Local Government, Damboa, Borno State, Nigeria.
Hamisu, Sa’adu
Department of Crop
Production Technology, College of Agriculture, P.M.B. 1018, Zuru, Kebbi State,
Nigeria.
Prof Bello, Umar Faruk
Department of Agricultural
Extension & Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo
University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Umar, Sa’adu
Department of Agricultural
Economics & Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Kebbi State University of
Science & Technology Aliero, Nigeria.
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