THE QUEST TO RECOGNISE THE HISTORICAL AND LEGAL PREVALENCE OF THE TRANSGENDER IN INDIA

Abstract

This study examines the perennial conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria with a view to unravelling the historical trajectory, causes, dynamics and consequences of the conflict. The paper adopts Frustration and Aggression Theory as the theoretical frameworks upon which the study is anchored and it discovered that beyond environmental scarcity, expansive use of land for non-agricultural reasons, land ownership system, ethno-religious intolerance, quest for cost minimisation, unregulated transhumance, security threats from Boko Haram attacks, lack of effective institutional mechanism of conflict mediation among others are some of the causes of agro-pastoral conflicts in Nigeria. The study extensively relies on secondary sources of data such as newspapers, journal articles, and policy brief Papers. It also argues in favour Ranching rather than the establishment grazing reserves and routes across the states in Nigeria as the solution to this perennial conflict.