CLIMATE CHANGE AND ARMED BANDITRY ON FOOD SECURITY IN ADAMAWA STATE -NIGERIA

The study examines the effects of climate change and armed banditry on food security in Adamawa State. Adamawa has been grappling with an array of complex climate change and escalating security crises, marked by multifaceted forms of banditry that include acts of terrorism and an intractable herder-farmer conflict. The objectives of the study are to assess the causes of climate change and armed banditry in Adamawa State, examine the effects of climate change and armed banditry on food security in Adamawa State and to proffer mitigation measures to climate change and armed banditry in Adamawa State. The study adopts eco-scarcity theory. The study uses quantitative method of data analysis. The collected through questionnaires were analysed used simple percentage and mean. The study discovered deforestation and poverty as the major causes of climate change and armed banditry in Adamawa State. The recommends that state government should lunch tree planting campaign and should prioritize job creation.