This strategy for herders has worked historically, because there was enough room for herders to migrate without interfering with the activities of farmers. Farmers and herders have incompatible uses for land. Herders want to eat the crops while farmers want to grow the crops. Climate change also implies that the amount of land farmers have to work with has decreased as well. In thinking about solutions to the conflicts between herders and farmers, it is important to understand the underlying challenges that result in violence.

Source: The Guardian January 23, 2018 03:11 UTC