http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1521 IDS Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:26:51 GMT 2026-04-14T23:26:51Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8600 Framing and conflict: the case of the Asante Akyem North district’s farmer-herder conflict in Ghana Appiah-Boateng, Sabina; Kendie, Stephen, B. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how framing of conflict in different phases is constructed and how the specific framing affects the development of the conflict and its management in the farmer–herder conflict in the Asante Akyem North District ofGhana. Design/methodology/approach – The study area is Agogo which falls within the Asante Akyem North District inGhana. The study used a qualitative approach whose philosophical ontology and epistemology believe that meaning is constructed (interpretivism). It further used a case study design using in-depth interviews, focus group discussion and observation guide. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. The data were analysed using the thematic analysis approach. Ethical considerations such as informed consent, willingness and anonymity of respondents were duly respected. Findings – The findings highlighted that the conflict actors formed frames such as identity-relational, affective-intellectual and negotiation-win frames as the drivers of the conflict. In this conflict, the farmers who are indigenes and custodians of the land feel more potent over the transnational migrants who are pastoralists and argue that the herdsmen be flushed out without negotiation. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the papers that bring to light the psychological dimension of the causes of the farmer–herder conflict in Ghana x, 16p:, ill Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8600 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8599 Coping Strategies for Victims of Farmer–Herder Conflicts in Ghana Appiah-Boateng, Sabina Farmer–herder conflicts occur in many agroecological areas in Ghana. These conflicts are often violent with devastating consequences. Interestingly, many victims of farmer–herder violence still live in conflict zones despite the dangers and threats to their lives. In order to survive in such situations, some coping strategies are needed. The study aims to provide a context-specific understanding of how conflict actors emotionally, cognitively, and behaviorally cope with the effects of violent conflicts in their own ways. The study is a qualitative inquiry that uses a phenomenology design, with farmer–herder conflicts in the Asante Akyem North District as a case study. The study purposively and by snowball techniques selected key informants and victims from both the farming and herding factions. The study found that religion, nonforced migration, working harder, sociocultural support, avoidance, and economic strategy were the six primary coping strategies utilized to manage the psychosocial stressors connected with farmer–herder conflicts. The importance of delving into this aspect of the conflict is to gain a nuanced understanding of coping abilities and capabilities of conflict victims. The study also revealed the resilience of the conflict actors and recommends psychosocial healing for the victims. 1, 11p:, ill Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8599 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3801 Peacebuilding in post-conflict societies: a study of nongovernmental organisations in Yendi Konlan, George, B. Socio-economic development is viewed as a pre-requisite for improving the living standards of people in the developing world. Internal peace and stability are indeed indispensable conditions for any progress towards meeting the national development objectives of developing countries. However, violent intra-state conflicts since the 1980s have been major impediments to the development of many countries in continental Africa south of the Sahara. This has resulted in homelessness, economic stagnation, unemployment, widespread poverty and cycles of conflicts in affected societies. Northern Ghana frequently experiences destructive conflicts relating to land and chieftaincy succession disputes which negatively affect the region’s developmental advances. This study examines how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) contribute to building peace for broad-based development. The research reveals that peacebuilding NGOs, alongside the state agencies and international community, play important stabilisation role in post-conflict societies due to their neutral, non-profit and non-partisan status. Mphil Dissertation Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3801 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3635 The gendered dynamics of production relations in Ghanaian coastal fishing Britwum, A. O. 69-84p Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3635 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z