Effect of farmers-herders conflict on the growth and development of human resource management in adamawa state

The study examined the effect of farmers-herders conflict on the growth and development of human resource management in Adamawa State. The research study adopted a quantitative approach and the survey design was used.  The questionnaire was used as the core instrument for data collection. The population of the study comprised of workers in government establishment in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Using the purposive sampling technique, twenty respondents were conveniently selected from each of the twenty-one (21) local governments in Adamawa State. Therefore, the sample size was four hundred and twenty (420) civil servants which cut across the twenty local governments. Findings of the study unraveled that the Herders-farmers conflict has had a major impact on human resource management, affecting not just herders and farmers, but also individuals who live and work in crisis-prone areas. It was also found among other things that the farmers-herders conflict enormously affected the performance of human resource due to loss of love ones and property, incessant fear among others. Therefore, the study recommends among other things that Government employees, like their private-sector colleagues, are human beings. As a result, the government must properly care for its employees, particularly during times of uncertainty such as upheaval inside or outside the workplace.