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Reducing the impact of grazing livestock on crop production / Julius Ajah

In Nigeria, crops and livestock are produced mainly by small-scale farmers. The crop farmers cultivate small portions of land without fencing while livestock farmers rear animals with little or no form of restrictions. This often results in the destruction of crops during grazing, leading to multiple socio-economic consequences. The outcome of this is detrimental to sustainable agricultural development hence the need to assess the impact of grazing livestock on crops production in Abuja, Nigeria. This policy brief therefore presents recommendations from the findings of a study that assessed th…