BANDITRY AND AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS IN KATSINA STATE: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF JIBIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, 2016–2024
This study investigates the socioeconomic ramifications of rural banditry on agricultural productivity in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State, Nigeria from 2016 to 2024. While existing scholarship predominantly emphasizes the humanitarian and physical security dimensions of the Northwest crisis, the micr...