Nigeria: Ranching as a Path to Ending Herder–Farmer Conflicts

Jan 23, 2026 | Humaid Rabiu Shehu
PRNigeria
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For decades, the farmers–herders conflict has ranked among Nigeria’s most persistent and destabilising internal security challenges. What began as seasonal disputes over land and water has gradually escalated into violent confrontations, mass displacement of rural communities, heightened ethnic and religious tensions, and growing threats to national food security. The crisis has long outgrown the boundaries of livelihood disagreements and now sits squarely within the domain of national security.