March 2025

Social capital: A mitigation asset to minimize farmer-herder conflicts

Farmer-herder conflicts persist mainly from competing scarce resources. Different conflict management strategies abound, but little attention has been given to social capital to facilitate cooperation among conflicting parties. A survey of 194 farmers across four communities was conducted to investigate 'How does social capital facilitate cooperation among farmers and herders in the Sekyere Afram Plains...

Author(s): Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa Derkyi and Eric Gyamfi