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Food systems and the political economy: A lens for understanding farmer herder conflicts

This brief outlines a preliminary research framework developed by SPARC and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration on conflict between farmers and livestock herders.

Publisher ILRI
By Fiona FlintanMagda NassefPilar Domingo
Supporting livelihoods and markets Understanding land and conflict Working in a changing climate Africa
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    This brief outlines a preliminary research framework developed by the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration and SPARC on conflict between farmers and livestock herders, normally pastoralists. 

    Farming and pastoralism are two food production systems that are increasingly clashing as pressure for land rises in a context of poor tenure security and land use planning and development narratives that prioritize crop farming over livestock production despite a steadily growing demand for livestock products.

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