Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa–its importance, policies and challenges

EC Timpong-Jones, I Samuels, FO Sarkwa… - African Journal of …, 2023 - journals.co.za
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recognises transhumance
pastoralism as a beneficial livestock production system that can contribute to food security …

A review of dairy production and utilization in Ghana and Benin

MA Achaglinkame, L Dari, D Mörlein - Discover Food, 2023 - Springer
High dairy production and utilization have proven very effective in improving food and
nutrition security in society, especially among the rural poor. This review sought to find out …

Cooperation and co-existence between farmers and herders in the midst of violent farmer-herder conflicts in Ghana

KN Bukari, P Sow, J Scheffran - African Studies Review, 2018 - cambridge.org
Despite periodic violent conflict between farmers and Fulani herders in many parts of
Ghana, cooperative relations between them remain strong. They are “cultural neighbors” …

Spatial pattern of climate change and farmer–herder conflict vulnerabilities in Nigeria

IA Madu, CF Nwankwo - GeoJournal, 2021 - Springer
Climate change is recognised among the drivers of conflicts in developing regions but the
growing studies on climate change–violent conflict nexus in Africa have paid little attention …

Farmer-herder conflicts, tenure insecurity and farmer's investment decisions in Agogo, Ghana

SK Kugbega, PY Aboagye - Agricultural and Food Economics, 2021 - Springer
Owing to climate change, population growth and tenurial changes, the past decade has
witnessed high interest among migrant and settler pastoralist groups in the vegetal-rich …

Stakeholder perceptions on landscape governance in Northern Ghana: A Q-Study to identify common concern entry points for integrated landscape approaches

ERC Bayala - Environmental Management, 2024 - Springer
In a landscape, perceptions can influence people's actions and behavior toward natural
resource use. Improving landscape governance, therefore, requires understanding the …

'Fulanis are foreign terrorists': the social construction of a suspect community in the Sahel

PF Ejiofor - Critical Studies on Terrorism, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Whilst the triggers of the peasant-pastoralist conflicts in the Sahel region have been
explained through factors such as climate change, environmental scarcity, population …

Land-related conflicts and the nature of government responses in Africa: The case of farmer-herder crises in Nigeria

MI Ugwueze, JT Omenma, FO Okwueze - Society, 2022 - Springer
This article makes a case for state complicity in land-related conflicts, particularly as it
concerns governments' responses to farmer-herder crises in Nigeria. Two factors which …

“Conflicting Indigeneity” and farmer–herder conflicts in postcolonial Africa

B Maiangwa - Peace Review, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Post-colonial wars and conflicts in Africa have mostly converged around identity issues.
They manifest in cases of ethnic mobilization, cultural othering, and internal oppression of …

Change and continuity in traditional cattle farming systems of West African Coast countries: A case study from Benin

SO Houessou, LH Dossa, RVC Diogo, M Houinato… - Agricultural systems, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to characterize current cattle farming systems with respect to herd mobility and its
drivers, 803 cattle farmers were surveyed across three vegetation zones along a North …