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How climate change induced land conflicts and food insecurity in Africa: A case of herdsmen-farmers crisis in Nigeria

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and Background: In Nigeria, due to the herdsmen-farmers crisis occasioned by climate change and land conflicts, food production has been hampered.
Philip Onyekachukwu Egbule, Ewere Clinton Okonta   +1 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES CLIMATE CHANGE: AN EXPOSITION OF HERDSMEN TERRORISM IN TIVLAND OF BENUE STATE

International Studies Journal, 2023
This paper is an attempt to examine the scramble for environmental resources as a precipitating factor in the rise in herdsmen activities in Nigeria.
GABRIEL T. TYUNGU, PETER MEMGA KERTYO
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Water and Communal Conflict: A Review of the Literature

WIREs Water, Volume 13, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Conceptual summary of the relationship between water access and communal resilience. Following the IPCC, resilience is understood as the capacity to cope with disturbance, responding in ways that maintain systems' essential function, identity, and structure while also maintaining the capacity for adaptation, learning, and transformation.
Stefan Döring
wiley   +1 more source

Landuse and enviromental change in the Lake Chad Basin of Nigeria [PDF]

, 2006
The Lake Chad Basin is a major geographical region in the central part of the Sudan zone of Africa. The northern parts, however, extend into the Sahel and the southern parts of the Sahara desert.
Udo, Reuben K.
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Telemedicine and Traditional Care in Impoverished Communities: Synergistic or Counteractive Effects of Basic Health Insurance and Rural Revitalization on Healthcare Equity

Health &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This study investigates the individual and interactive associations of Basic Medical Insurance Policies and rural revitalization policies with regional telemedicine preference in resource‐constrained impoverished regions. Grounded in a benefit‐cost trade‐off theoretical framework, we employed text‐based frequency analysis and panel data from 163 ...
Qianqiu Yang, Guichuan Zhou, Anni Liu, Qing-Wei Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflicts and Nigeria Media: A Look at National Newspapers’ Coverage of Herdsmen and Farmers’ Clashes

International Journal of Communication, 2022
Media framing and reportage of conflicts can lead to escalation or de-escalation of the conflicts. Because of their roles in audience perception of events and issues, media framing and reportage are considered veritable instruments for conflict ...
Sunday Uche Aja, Joseph Nwanja Chukwu, Ekwutosi Sanita Nwakpu, Valentine Okwudilichukwu Ezema, Ijeoma Njideka Taiwo   +4 more
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Genomic insights into the population structure and genetic diversity of Ugandan indigenous cattle

Animal Genetics, Volume 56, Issue 6, December 2025.
Abstract Domestic cattle in Africa can be categorized as either taurine (Bos taurus) or indicine (Bos indicus) based on their domestication histories from the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius). Close to 150 breeds of indigenous cattle are estimated to exist in Africa and have a complex mixture of B. taurus and B. indicus ancestries.
Rodney Okwasiimire, Donald R. Kugonza, Daniil Ruvinskiy, Melak Weldenegodguad, Nasser Ghanem, Mahlako L. Makgahlela, Catarina Ginja, Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans, Juha Kantanen, Pekka Uimari, Kisun Pokharel   +10 more
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Herdsmen and Livestock Farmers’ Perception, Attitudes and Risk Factors towards Zoonotic Diseases in Awka North and South Local Government Areas, Southeastern Nigeria

Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2016
A cross-sectional survey utilizing semi-structured questionnaires was used to study the herdsmen and livestock farmers’ perception, attitudes and risk factors towards zoonotic diseases in Awka North and South Local Government Area.
Chukwunonso Francis OBI
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Evaluation of the proper use of medication available over the counter by subsistence and emerging farmers in Mbombela Municipality, South Africa

BMC Veterinary Research, 2023
South Africa has two types of animal farming systems, being the commercial industry and subsistence farming in more rural areas, with commercial farmers having more access to veterinary services. To cater for the absence of sufficient veterinary service,
M. S. Gulwako, J. M. Mokoele, Y. B. Ngoshe, V. Naidoo   +3 more
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Reproductive performance of Norwegian cattle from 1985 to 2005: trends and seasonality [PDF]

, 2007
Declining reproductive performance is a serious breeding concern in many countries. To reveal the situation in Norwegian cattle, trends in reproductive performance were studied using insemination reports from 1985 to 2005 and data based on herd recording
Arne Ola Refsdal, KJ O'Farrell, MC Lucy, SP Washburn, PJ Rajala-Schultz, S McDougall, KL Macmillan, JF Roche, J Philipsson, TINE, Geno, Geno, GW Salisbury, IM Andersen-Ranberg, AO Refsdal, WR Butler, A de Vries, CS Mayne, IM Andersen-Ranberg, Norwegian Cattle Health Services, AO Refsdal, National Veterinary Institute, A Robert, JC Baker, PS Valle, O Reksen, AO Refsdal, M Drost, D Wolfenson, FD Rensis, RJ Esslemont   +30 more
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