Dynamism in the Farmers-Herders Clashes in Nigeria: An assessment of the Environmental Causes

The recurrent clashes between the settled farmers and the nomadic herdsmen in the country purportedly the claims of access to land and other resources portray a serious danger to the existing peace and security as well as country’s cohesion. The ransacking of farm lands by the herdsmen and rustling of cattle by the village farmers are identify as the major causes alongside climate change and the increase population in recent time. This paper therefore, examined the current clashes between the farmers and the herdsmen in Nigeria with the view of bringing the major factors pushing for the clash. To this extent therefore, the paper adopted two (frustration aggression and conflict) theories as tools of analysis. While frustration aggression argued that frustration push people to result to conflict. On the other hand, conflict theory, argued that in every society there are two opposing group who are always in conflicts. The paper relied heavily on the use of secondary data. It recommended that there should be a synergy and collaborative measures between the federal and state governments in reviewing the grazing reserves, government should embrace the use of ICT in tracking the movement of the herdsmen, the issue of small arms should be put under control and finally, the government should support the community architectures for peace and security.