AT THE MERCY OF NATURE UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CONFLICTS BETWEEN FULANI HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Abstract

From time immemorial, nature has been harsh to mankind. One of the ways this has played out is through climate change. The articled explored the interface between climate change and conflict. Analysis was anchored on the eco-violence theory and qualitative method of data collection was used to glean data from documentary evidence of secondary sources. Qualitative descriptive analYSiswas employed with logical induction. The article argued that much as we believe that the immediate cause of Fulani herdsmen and farmer conflict is resource scarcity, that the remote cause is climate change which has through drought and desertification led to natural resource scarcity. This callsfor urgent national attention. Hence, government at all levels must put more machinery on ground particularly in the north because over 70 percent of the nation's food crop comes from the region to encourage climate change adaptation.