The book consists of 12 chapters:
* The political economy of cattle rustling in contemporary Nigeria
* The social impact of rural banditry
* Pastoral transhumance & the dynamics of social conflict in Nasarawa state, North-central Nigeria
* The effect of armed banditry on rural women's livelihood & security: Case study of Kaduna & Plateau states
* Hate speech & the construction of popular narratives on rural banditry in the media
* Herders'/Farmers' associations & social conflicts in northern Nigeria
* The state of grazing reserves & their potential capacity to absorb pastoralists
* Rural banditry & social conflicts in Plateau state
* Rural banditry & conflicts in Kaduna state
* Changing methods of animal husbandry & its effects on cattle rustling/rural banditry
* Rural banditry, demography, ecology & state capacity
* Wrap-up of policy briefs
The Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was represented by the Deputy Governor. In his keynote address the Deputy Governor discussed the giant strides by Kaduna state which resulted in the successful recovery of over 3,000 rustled cattle! He said that the state was in the process of eliciting technology to track the movement of cattle with a view to countering cattle rustling.
My chapter is titled: The effect of armed banditry on rural women's livelihood & security: Case study of Kaduna & Plateau states, Nigeria. The major policy recommendations for the Rural Banditry project are:
* Changing demographic, ecological & climatic conditions
- Gazetting of grazing reserves
- Revitalisation of grazing routes/reserves & development of ranches
- Ranch development
- Integrated agricultural & livestock development
- Monitoring & control of livestock movement
* Land, land-use rights & alienation of land
- Modernisation of agricultural/pastoral production systems
- Encourage greater understanding of use of natural resources
- Mitigation of the impact of climate change
* State capacity & the provision of security
- Strengthen operational capacity of security agencies
- Focus on security needs of farming & pastoralist communities, especially women & other vulnerable groups
- Change perceptions & stereotypes
- Develop robust early warning & early response systems
- Prosecute offenders & recover rustled cattle
- Victim support mechanisms, including psychological therapy for raped women & girls
* Proliferation of Small Arms & Light Weapons (SALWs)
- Strengthen mechanism for periodic mop-up of SALWs
- Intensify registration of personal arms
* Weakening/Collapse informal conflict resolution mechanisms
- Revive & support community-based conflict resolution mechanisms
- Create synergy among persons/institutions working on traditional methods of conflict resolution
* International dimension
- Trans-border engagement
- Sensitivity to the regional dimension of the conflict
- Domestication of relevant ECOWAS protocols
Related Links
*Absence of security in rural areas www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/199836-absence-security-rural-communities
*Herdsmen attacks claim 1,269 lives in Benue state, Nigeria allafrica.com/stories/201608... #Nigeria
*Nigeria: Army court-martials 20 soldiers for illicit arms sales, rights abuses allafrica.com/stories/201608...
*Jigawa government empowers 200 women with 600 goats www.premiumtimesng.com/news/.../jigawa-govt-empowers...
*Land privatisation & climate change are costing rural dwellers https://www.issafrica.org/iss-today/land-privatisation...
*Troops kill 12 rustlers, recover 1,000 cattle in Kano www.punchng.com>News
*Kaduna, Kano governments step up moves to end cattle rustling guardian.ng/...kaduna-kano-govts-step-up-moves-to-end-cattle-rustling/
*Rustling: Kano spends N10m on recovered cattle upkeep www.nigeriannorth.com/rustling-kano-state-government-spends-n100m-on...
*Cattle rustling: Police recover 800 cows in Kano leadership.ng/news/cattle-rustling-police-recover-over-800-cows-in-kano
*Nigerian Army declares war on cattle rustlers naijagists.com/photos-nigerian-army-declares-war-on-cattle-rustlers...
*The Nigerian state & the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALWs) www.mcser.org/journal/index-php/jesr/article/download/1859/1858
*Nigeria turning into 'axis of arms' www.nigerianbestforum.com/...nigeria-turning-into-axis-of-arms/
*Unless the youth have something to do, they will become bandits or worse #Diffa #BokoHaram https://t.co/d30iB7F80L
*Rural banditry: From the crisis of nomadism to state crisis http://t.co/Xtazazd8bQ
*Nigeria's security departments: Tribalised, sectionalised & personalised http://goo.gl/WA3aF2
*When land conflicts occur, Rwanda's local mediators come to the rescue scfg.org/rwanda-land-conflict
*Kaduna community protests incessant attacks, killings http://punchng.com/kaduna-community-protests-incessant...
*Troops arrest notorious armed bandits in Zamfara, Kaduna dailypost.ng/2016/08/29/troops-arrest-several-notorious-armed-bandits-kaduna-Zamfara
*University of Benin's Black Axe becoming a leading drug gang in Italy http://www.thecable.ng/alert-unibens-black-axe-becoming-a-leading-drug-gang-in-italy
*Forests that kill & destroy: Rural Banditry (RB) in northern Nigeria by Jibrin Ibrahim https://t.co/Tjmaj6Yk5o
*FCT & the challenges of cattle grazing, development www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/09/19/fct-and-the-challenges-of-cattle-grazing-development/
*18 year old herder gets two year sentence in Ekiti https://t.co/NqZvlNTjrr https://t.co/w1RARO2TnF
*Nigeria government inaugurates committee on Farmer-Herder clashes http://allafrica.com/stories/201610060192.html
*800 herdsmen are currently in custody - VP bit.ly/2eZ3y37
*31 cows, 53 sheep & their owners arrested in Abuja for illegal grazing www.news24.com.ng/national/news/31-cows-53-sheep-arrested
*Violence against aid workers across the world: 131 killed, 130 kidnapped, 144 wounded in 2018 - 405 aid workers attacked https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/
