SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF TUBEHELLS FOR DRY SEASON FARMING IN THE NORTHERN ZONE OF SQKOTO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF TUBEHELLS FOR DRY SEASON FARMING IN THE NORTHERN ZONE OF SQKOTO AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
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1994
Authors
GADA, ALIYU ABDULLAH
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Abstract
For areas with water problem, it is generally believed that
dry season farming can increase total agricultural production and
consequently agricultural productivity. Intervention in smallscale
dry season irrigation farming is also known to favour the
small-scale farmers scattered all over an area. However, for a
meaningful government intervention to be made, the level of
resource use and profitability of the small-scale irrigation
farming need to be known.
This study examined the problems, profitability and level of
resource use among farmers involved in dry season tubewell
irrigation farming. Data for this study were collected from
primary sources through personal interview. The questionaire was
administered to 42 randomly selected fadama farmers from two
purposively selected villages . The descriptive statistics, farm
budget and regression analysis were used to determine social
characteristics of the farmers, level of resource use and
profitability of the irrigation farming.
The results of the study showed that majority of the small
scale irrigation tubewell farmers were in the active labour force
of 39 years and acquired their fadama lands basically through
inheritance. It has also been established that majority of the
tubewell farmers got their farm inputs from the open market at
prohibitive costs — costs that were as much as three times the
official prices
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY,
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
1994
Keywords
SOCIO-ECONOMIC,, ANALYSIS,, TUBEHELLS,, SEASON FARMING,, NORTHERN ZONE,, SOKOTO AGRICULTURAL,, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY