Information and Communications Technology, Agricultural Development and Food Security in Nigeria: Implication for Herders-Farmers Conflicts

Abstract

As Nigeria continues to experience boom in its crude oil products, the persistent conflict between farmers
and herders in Nigeria poses a significant challenge to the country's agricultural development and food
security. There has been increasing violent clashes between herders and farmers across the country in
recent time. In this review, information and communications technology, agricultural development and food
security in Nigeria: implication for herders-farmers conflicts was assessed. Herders and farmers conflict,
agricultural development and food security were critically assessed. Results reveal that ranching and
adopting ICT applications are possibles path ways to addressing herders-farmers conflicts for agricultural
development and food security. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that ICT tools
such as CCTV be installed on farmland. A database be opened for all herders in the country as well as
equipping both farmers and herders with an emergency call reporting application be developed to
checkmate infringement on farmland and spur prompt communication.