IMPACT OF TUNGAN-KAWO DAM IRRIGATION PROJECT ON RICE PRODUCTION AND LIVELIHOOD OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN WUSHISHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
IMPACT OF TUNGAN-KAWO DAM IRRIGATION PROJECT ON RICE PRODUCTION AND LIVELIHOOD OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN WUSHISHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
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2014-09
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MAKUSIDI, Haruna Muhammad
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This study examines the impact of Tungan-Kawo dam irrigation project on rice production
and livelihood of small holder farmers in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State,
Nigeria. The specific objectives were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of
small-holder rice farmers participating in Tungan-Kawo irrigation project; determine the
level of adoption of recommended rice production practices by participants; assess the
impact of Tungan-Kawo irrigation project on rice output, yield, income and level of living
of the people; determine the socio-economic and institutional factors influencing the
adoption of recommended rice production practices in Tungan-Kawo irrigation project and
describe the constraints encountered by the participants and the management in the
implementation of the project. Primary data were obtained by the use of structured
questionnaire administered to 180 respondents comprising of 90 participants and 90 nonparticipants.
Descriptive statistics, z-test statistic and multiple regression were used to
analyse the data . Descriptive statistics was used for objectives 1, 2 and 3, the z-statistic was
used for objective 3 to compare the differences in rice output, income and level of living
between participants and non-participants. Multiple regression was used to analyse objective
4 of the study. The findings revealed that the average age of participants and nonparticipants
was 44 years. About 98% of both participants and non-participants were male
while only 2% participants were female. These results showed that the adoption of
recommended rice production practices was very high in the study area. More than three
quarter of the participants were married with average household size of 7 persons. The
average rice production output of participants was estimated at1.175tons per annum while
non-participants was 0.767 ton per annum . It was revealed that the average rice yield for the
participants was 3076.67kg/hectare and the yield of non-participants was 1103.33kg/hectare.
The income of participants was N5936.89 while non-participants earned N21322.22. The
participants’ level of living was significantly higher (p<0.05) 5% than non participants. The
findings in this study indicate that Tungan-Kawo irrigation project had positive impact on
rice output, income and level of living of participants. The results of multiple regression
shows that age, gender, education, extension contact and membership of cooperative society
were the most important variables influencing the adoption of recommended rice production
practices in Tungan-Kawo irrigation project. The participants revealed that inadequate
capital, high cost of operation and maintenance were some of their constraints. The Federal
Government should subsidize farmers’ inputs such as fertilizer, agro-chemicals, irrigation
facilities.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
SEPTEMBER, 2014
Keywords
TUNGAN-KAWO DAM,, IRRIGATION,, RICE PRODUCTION,, LIVELIHOOD,, SMALLHOLDER,, FARMERS,, WUSHISHI,