Benue State University, Makurdi

A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT DETERMINANTS

Junior Brevil, Chijioke Nwachukwu, PhD, Mary Shadrach Omofowa & Shadrach Omofowa, PhD

Abstract

Conflict between herdsmen and crop farmers has become a regular component of West African economic livelihood. This ugly incidence has become persistent in Nigeria and has decimated many states in the middle belt, including Benue State. The Logo Local Government Area is one of the local governments that are most hit by this conflict. This study, therefore, was carried out to determine the impact of this conflict on the productivity of yam farmers in the local government. The data for this study was primary and gotten from a structured questionnaire that was administered to 400 households that were affected by the herdsmen-farmers’ conflict in the local government. The data were analyzed using frequency tables, simple percentages, the t-test, and the logit regression model. The study revealed that herdsmen-crop farmers’ conflict has a negative impact on the productivity of yam farmers in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. The study recommended that, the national government should promote cultural, economic, social, religious, and political understandings capable of uniting Tiv farmers in Logo LGA and Nigeria's various tribes, including nomads. Again, all stakeholders and relevant government agencies or institutions, civil society groups, and individuals, as well as nongovernmental organizations, should make all possible efforts to resettle the Fulani nomadic people who have occupied arable land to allow access to land by farmers. The study also recommended that the government should provide easy access to finance for farmers who are affected by this conflict to enable them recover their lost farm capital.

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