For the dependent variable to accurately capture the dynamics of this dispute, one of the parties must initiate the conflict while the other is at the receiving end. At the center of the conflict is misunderstandings regarding resource (grazing field and farmland use). Other related skirmishes that do not capture this dynamic will not be reported in the study. Data for the dependent variable comes from different sources, including news from the local Ghanaian media. Relying on the local news sources, I will track all Fulani-farmer related conflicts occurring from 2006 to 2016. These conflicts are recorded based on the months in which they occurred. The rational is to map the conflicts to the average rainfall and temperature patterns, to see if there is a causal link between the emergence of these conflicts and climatic
For the dependent variable to accurately capture the dynamics of this dispute, one of the parties must initiate the conflict while the other is at the receiving end. At the center of the conflict is misunderstandings regarding resource (grazing field and farmland use). Other related skirmishes that do not capture this dynamic will not be reported in the study. Data for the dependent variable comes from different sources, including news from the local Ghanaian media. Relying on the local news sources, I will track all Fulani-farmer related conflicts occurring from 2006 to 2016. These conflicts are recorded based on the months in which they occurred. The rational is to map the conflicts to the average rainfall and temperature patterns, to see if there is a causal link between the emergence of these conflicts and climatic