I Will Follow the Green Grass: Issues in Resolving Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Plateau State, Nigeria

The continues spite of violent conflicts between pas fora lists and farmers in Plateau is still generating heated debates, arguments, and counter arguments. Therefore, this study interrogated some critical aspects confronting and undermine the mechanisms in resolving issues among the trvo contending parties in the study areas. Survey design was adopted as a framework while purposive sampling techniques were used to select three (3) local Government Areas, nine (9) communities and One Hundred and Thirty (130) target audiences. This study relied on both primary and secondary method of data collection. Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Study Charts (SCs) wen conducted across the study anas, while white paper reports, journal articles and'newspapers were also exploited. Thematic Content Analysis (TCA) was used to analyse the field work repots of KIIs, FGDs.and SCs. Theoretically, the paper adopted Collier's theory of economic agenda of conflicts to explain 'the this work.Thus,the study discovered and argued that issues confronting the management of conflicts is symmetric with; land grabbing, stereotype, under-aged herders, among others. Therefore the study concludes that tension can be managed and peace .restored if State government, in collaboration with local authorities constitute a balance committee to look into the wide spread issue of land grabbing with a view of reclaiming back land assets to genuine owners, Federal and State Governments to enact laws through the legislative Houses against chi Id-herder, night graying and institute local Task-Force to oversee the implementation of the law.