Women farmers preferred communal land conflict management and resolution strategies in Abia State, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Ogueri, E. I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chikaire, J. U. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ajaero, J. O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ibe, M. N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-06T12:20:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-06T12:20:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-05-17 | |
| dc.description | The research article has tables | |
| dc.description.abstract | Communal land conflicts affect have become common in Nigeria among different users of land especially farmers. This study examined women farmers’ preferred land conflict management and resolution strategies in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to identify the perceived causes of communal land conflicts; determine the preferred institutions for resolving land conflicts; examine the perceived effects of communal land conflicts; identify the respondents’ preferred conflict resolution strategies used; and the reasons for preference of the strategies used. Data were collected using questionnaire and oral interview and analyzed with mean and standard deviation. Results showed that claim of ownership with mean (M) value of 2.70, indiscriminate grazing by animals (M=2.60), population pressure (M=2.54), contested boundary (M=2.51) were major causes of land conflicts. The institution preferred for conflict resolutions were amala (M=2.53), umuada (M=2.93), town unions/age grade (M=2.48) and agbara (dieties) (M=2.74). Conflict leads to low productivity (M=2.37), loss of lives and property (M=2.64). The women prefer mediation, reconciliation, compromise and accommodation for resolving conflicts and the reason being that problems are solved one at a time, leads to a win-win situation, lowers level of tension, creation of goodwill among others. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ogueri, E. I., Chikaire, J. U., Ajaero, J. O. & Ibe, M. N. (2019). Women farmers referred communal land conflict management and resolution strategies in Abia State, Nigeria. Agriculture Research International Journal, 1(1), 1-7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.futo.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14562/1574 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | OMSP International | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Conflicts | |
| dc.subject | management | |
| dc.subject | resolution | |
| dc.subject | land | |
| dc.subject | institutions | |
| dc.subject | women farmers | |
| dc.subject | Nigeria | |
| dc.subject | Department of Agricultural Extension | |
| dc.title | Women farmers preferred communal land conflict management and resolution strategies in Abia State, Nigeria | |
| dc.type | Article |