THE ROLE OF FADAMA USERS ASSOCIATIONS IN KURA AND MADOBI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS, KANO STATE
THE ROLE OF FADAMA USERS ASSOCIATIONS IN KURA AND MADOBI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS, KANO STATE
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Date
1999-08
Authors
MOHAMMED, BELLO,
ADO
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ABSTRACT
This study investigates the role of famada users
Associations in Kura and Madobi Local Government Areas of Kano
State. The instruments that were used for collecting the data
in this study were questionniare, interview and records. Oata
collected were quantified and tabulated through simple
percentages. The population from which the samples was drawn,
was from the three fadama sites, and 15 Fadama Users
Associations. The sample was proportionally and randomly
taken from the Fadama Users Association involved in the study.
The study was aimed at examining the Fadam Users Associations
in Kura and Madobi Local Government areas and to determine the
effectiveness of irrigation agriculture through organised
cooperation. It also highlights problems associatd with
Fadama Users Associations. An explanatory hypothesis was used
to determine the participation of Fadama Farmers in the User
Association. It was revealed that the Fadama Users
Associations has contirbuted to the welfare of their members.
It shows that farmers who joined the Fadama Users Associations
earned higher than before the coming of the Fadama Users
Associations. For the benefit of the Fadama Users
Associations, the study recommends funds in form of loans, and
educating the Fadama Users Associations members through
extension services as well as providing modern infrastructures
like feeder roads.
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA.
Keywords
ROLE,, FADAMA,, USERS,, ASSOCIATIONS, KURA,, MADOBI,, LOCAL,, GOVERNMENT,, AREAS,, KANO,, STATE