ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CATTLE RUSTLING ON RURAL LIVELIHOOD IN ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorALIYU, Mansur Sulaiman
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-14T11:40:15Z
dc.date.available2024-05-14T11:40:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA
dc.description.abstractCattle rustling has become a problem of major concerned in northern region of Nigeria with quite alarming casualty figures in Zamfara State. The government of Zamfara State reported that nearly 500 villages and 13,000 hectares of land were devastated and 2,835 people killed between 2011 and 2018. Despite this unsettling scenario the impact of cattle rustling on specific rural livelihood options is markedly unclear which calls for this study. This study aimed at analyzing the impact of cattle rustling on rural livelihood in Zamfara State. A total of 390 copies of questionnaire were administered to the respondents using multi-stage sampling. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency count, percentages and mean scores. Also, inferential statistics such as Relative Importance Index (RII), and Z-test were used to examine the consequences of cattle rustling and the extent of cattle rustling effect on rural livelihood. The study reveals that cattle rustling occurred on a monthly basis (55.7%) rustling occur mostly in the midnight and usually last for more than two hours (37.5%). As claimed 38.5% of respondents by the estimated number of cattle rustling between 2014 - 2020 exceeded 50 persons. It was found that about 57% of the respondents reported that farming activities are affected by cattle rustling followed by 24% who reported that cattle rearing was affected. It was ascertained that there is significant difference between all the variables observed before and during cattle rustling at P-value of less than 0.05. The most adopted cattle rustling management strategies are reporting of suspected of cattle rustler is to the village head and people run to safer places for refuge during cattle rustling attack with mean scores of 4.10 and 3.90 respectively. The study recommends that there should be effective deployment of security personnel to the affected community to intensify the security of the affected communities. There should be regular surveillance around the affected communities, which will enable a track of the location of the rustlers.
dc.identifier.urihttps://kubanni.abu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12934
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CATTLE RUSTLING ON RURAL LIVELIHOOD IN ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA
dc.typeThesis
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