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Title:Coming to Terms: Interactions between Immigrant Fulani Cattle-Keepers and Indigenous Farmers in Nigeria's Subhumid Zone
Authors:Waters-Bayer, AnnISNI
Bayer, WolfgangISNI
Year:1994
Periodical:Cahiers d'études africaines
Volume:34
Issue:133-135
Pages:213-229
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:Fulani
settlement schemes
migration
arable farming
animal husbandry
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
Ethnic and Race Relations
External link:https://doi.org/10.3406/cea.1994.2048
Abstract:In the 1980s, within the framework of the Subhumid Zone Programme of the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), the authors investigated the production strategies of the Fulani who had moved from the semiarid north of Nigeria to the subhumid south and settled in the cropping area known as Abet. In particular, they examined the relations between the immigrant Fulani herders and the indigenous Kaje and Kamantan farmers. They found that the two groups have managed to maintain crop-livestock linkages despite misguided government interventions. In consequence, the land-use system functions to the advantage not only of both groups but also of the national economy. The (at least seasonal) spatial integration of crops and livestock means that animal production complements cropping, allowing more food to be produced per unit area of land than through either animal production or cropping alone. The case of Abet indicates that pastoralists can settle peacefully among arable farming communities and negotiate access to resources in a way that allows them to maintain flexibility in herd management. In conclusion, the authors discuss the implications of their findings for development projects. Bibliogr., note, sum. in French (p. 523-524).
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