From nomadism to sedentarism: an analysis of development contraints and public policy issues in the socioeconomic tranformation of the pastoral Fulani of Nigeria

The article concludes that:

• the socioeconomic transformation of the Fulani will not be achieved so long as the policy-makers ignore the environmental limitations and the sociocultural preferences of the pastoral Fulani
• so long as the Fulani are distant from decision-making and implementation on matters affecting their welfare, a positive transformation of the Fulani will not occur
• so long as the planners divorce the welfare of the Fulani from the welfare of their herds, problems will persist in Nigeria's herding sector
• so long as state administrators continue to stereotype traditional pastoral system, problems will remain in the pastoral sector
• the traditional method is still efficient and ecologically sensible for raising livestock in Nigeria; that state interventions and technology-driven approaches are not necessarily the best solution to pastoral problems in the country