{"id":59815,"date":"2023-11-17T19:56:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=59815"},"modified":"2023-11-17T19:37:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:37:38","slug":"stakeholders-call-on-govt-to-implement-effective-policies-to-reduce-farmer-herder-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/stakeholders-call-on-govt-to-implement-effective-policies-to-reduce-farmer-herder-conflicts","title":{"rendered":"Stakeholders call on Gov\u2019t to implement effective policies to reduce farmer-herder conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Stakeholders have called on the Government to establish effective cattle ranching policies to define boundaries that will prevent indiscriminate cattle grazing in communities.<\/b><\/p>\n

That, the farmers and community members said, was the surest way to ending acrimonies and conflicts between cattle herders and community members in some parts of the Ashanti and Eastern regions.<\/p>\n

These were some of the recommendations of a peace-building workshop, organized for farmer groups, opinion leaders, representative of herdsmen, researchers and the media at Agogo in the Asante Akim North Municipality of the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n

The programme was part of a research dissemination activity on farmer-herder conflict, which was funded by the International Development Research Centre.<\/p>\n

Some members of communities in and around Agogo said the ranching at Agogo, for instance, was perceived to be expensive, hence the likelihood that it would not be fully utilized.<\/p>\n

Opanin Kwame Poku, a farmer, noted that: \u201cHerders feel it is an expensive way to graze as they will have to buy feed and other supplies for the cattle. They were likely not to obey the laid down rules and regulation of ranching.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alhaji Isaka, a cattle rancher, said one of the ways to smoke a peace pipe was to hold onto the court order, which had cautioned herders to desist from grazing their cattle in Agogo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to keep it that way, Agogo is a farming community and let\u2019s keep it that way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing for a new agreement to allow the herders to return will be a no go option.\u201d<\/p>\n

He suggested that the Government supported families whose members had been killed or harmed in conflict between community members and herdsmen.<\/p>\n

Farmer groups and ranchers urged government and non-governmental organizations to help in finding a lasting solution to the problem.<\/p>\n

Maame Peterson, a PhD Candidate, University of Manitoba, Canada, studying Peace and Conflict, said her research in other parts of Ghana suggested that cross cultural programmes could help bridge the gap between herders and the indigenous people of Agogo.<\/p>\n

Peace and advocacy education was also necessary to bolster unity among farmers, herders and community members in areas of concern in Ghana.<\/p>\n

She observed that there seemed to be a deadlock on the peace processes and both groups (farmers and herders) do not seem to have agreed on the way forward.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Stakeholders have called on the Government to establish effective cattle ranching policies to define boundaries that will prevent indiscriminate cattle grazing in communities. 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