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1<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.1 Background Information \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.2 National Fadama Development Project \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.3 Problem Statement \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.4 Objectives of the Study \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.5 Research Hypotheses \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.6 Justification for the Study \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW \u2014 \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.1 The Need for Foreign Financing of Nigerian Agriculture \u2014 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.2 Sources of Internal Credit for Agriculture in Nigeria \u2014 \u2013 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.3 Fadama in Kano State \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.4 Farming System in Kano State \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.5 Problems of Irrigation Development \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.6 Analytical Framework \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY\u2013 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.1 The Study Area\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.2 Sampling Procedure \u2014 \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.3 Data Collection \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.4 Data Analysis \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.5 Model Specification \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHAPTER FOUR: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n Socio-economic characteristics\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.1 Marital status of respondents \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extent of Use of Facilities Provided by Loan Package \u2014 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.2 Source of information about improve technologies \u2014 \u2013 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.3 Extension agents visit to farms \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.4 Source of inputs such as pump, fertilizer, insecticide and pesticides by respondents \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.5 Use of inputs such as pumps, fertilizer, insecticide and pesticides by respondents \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.6 Sources of improved seed by respondents \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.7 Use of improved seeds in farm \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.8 Irrigation frequency per plot per week by respondents \u2014 \u2013 34<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.9 Other use of Wash bores\/Tube wells by respondents \u2014 \u2013 34<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.1.10 Cropping pattern by respondents \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 35<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.2 Pre- Fadama I Programme Situation\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 35<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.3 After-Fadama I Programme Situation \u2014 36<\/p>\n\n\n\n Comparison of the Situation, Crop output, Farm income, Farm Size, and Labour Use by the Beneficiaries and the Non-Beneficiaries\u2013 -36<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.4 Regression Analysis \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.5 Major Problems of Fadama Farming\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS\u2013 41<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5.1 Summary\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 41<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5.2 Conclusion \u2014 \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 43<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5.3 Recommendations \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n References \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2013 46 Appendices \u2014 \u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 52<\/p>\n\n\n\n LIST OF TABLES<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marital Status respondents\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources of information about improved technology\u2014 -29<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extension agents visit to farms\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources of inputs such as pumps, fertilizer, insecticides\u2013 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use of inputs such as pump, fertilizer, insecticides and pesticides by respondents- \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources of improved seed by respondents\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use of improved seeds in farms\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n Irrigation frequency per plot per week by respondents\u2013 -34<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other use of Washbores\/tubewells by respondents\u2013 \u2013 35<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cropping pattern by respondents\u2013 \u2014 \u2014 35<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pre- Fadama I Programme Situation in Kano State\u2013 \u2013 36<\/p>\n\n\n\n After \u2013 Fadama I Programme Situation. Comparison of crop output, farm income, farm size and Labour use of the beneficiaries and the non- beneficiaries\u2013 \u2014 37<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4.13 Major problems encountered by beneficiaries\u2013 \u2013 \u2014 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABSTRACT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fadama farming has contributed significantly to Nigeria\u2019s agriculture in particular and the country in general, but the contributions have remained largely unmeasured. As a result, this study examined the influence of the National Fadama Development Project on Fadama farmers in Kano State. Primary and secondary data were sought. A set of questionnaires was developed and information was collected from 108 respondents who were randomly selected from the three agricultural zones in the study area. Multiple regression analysis and simple statistical tools, such as, means, frequency, range and percentages were used to realize the objectives of the study. Analysis of the data revealed that fadama farming was a profitable venture among the farmers studied. A majority of respondents owned and purchased their farm land and the houses they lived in. A large percentage also owned radio, television, bicycle and irrigation pump. Water from tube-wells and wash bores were used for irrigation and drinking. The customary land system was practiced in the study area. About 46% of the respondents inherited their farm land while 26.9% purchased theirs. Majority of respondents practiced mixed cropping to ensure maximum plot utilization. There was efficient use of facilities provided by the loan package. Inputs such as pumps, fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides were used by farmers. Respondents also admitted adequate visit to farms by extension agents. There was a significant difference between the average income of the two groups (beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries) at a probability level of 95%. Some constraints, such as, high cost of farm inputs, chronic shortage of petrol and petroleum products, seasonal glut of some perishable agricultural commodities, poor storage facilities, poor access roads to Fadama areas and difficulties in getting registered as members of Fadama Users Association (FUA), were experienced by respondents. Recommendations included subsidization of prices of fertilizers and other farm inputs, frequent conduct of soil survey to determine level of salinity, creation of more micro credit facilities to enhance productivity and provision of infrastructural facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHAPTER ONE<\/p>\n\n\n\n INTRODUCTION<\/p>\n\n\n\n Background Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n Agricultural production in Nigeria remains essentially traditional with cultivation largely undertaken at individual level using local implements (Abdullahi, 1983). This traditional method and the subsistence nature of agricultural production help in perpetuating the vicious cycle of poverty and restricting the farmer\u2019s ability to embrace modern technology (Bala, 1992). The food security situation in Nigeria has been deteriorating over the past 15 to 20 years. Per capital food production has declined more than 15% in the past 20 years (UN, 1992).<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a way of boosting agricultural production, government introduced modern irrigation scheme in the country. Although the concept of irrigation farming has been practiced in Nigeria for several decades, the introduction of modern irrigation is a government initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Modern irrigation in Nigeria can be traced back to the pioneering efforts of Colonel Collins, a British Colonial officer who, after a survey of the irrigation potentials of Northern Nigeria in the 1900s, developed 243 hectares of land for irrigation. This was followed in 1949 by the establishment of an irrigation division in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Northern Region with the main objective of initiating small-scale irrigation schemes (Dawakintofa, 1989).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another major step in irrigation development in Nigeria was the Food and Agricultural Organizations (FAO) report of 1965, which stressed the need for the Federal Government\u2019s active involvement in planned water resources and irrigation development for the country. Consequent upon the Food and Agricultural Organization\u2019s report, the Chad and the Sokoto Rima-Basin Development Authority was established by Decree numbers 32 and 33 of 14th August, 1973.Kano State Government,(1995). In 1976, the River Basin Development Authorities were expanded to eleven in number by Decree number 36 of 25th June and Decree Number 37 of 3rd August, 1976 (Dawakintofa, 1989). These Authorities were charged with the responsibilities of constructing and maintaining dams, polders, wells, boreholes and drainage systems for irrigation purposes. There was also the Bakolori Irrigation Scheme, which was established in consonant with the laid down guidelines for irrigation development (KNARDA Baseline Survey, 1993).<\/p>\n\n\n\n These schemes attracted generous funding from government. Inspite of the enormous sum of money (2.25 billion) and the facilities provided, the schemes had limited success (Samorock, 1983). For instance, the total irrigated area proposed to be accomplished by the River Basin Development Authorities for the Nation was 1,999,139 hectares (Nwa and Martins, 1982). But as at 1980, only 25,754 hectares had been developed. Only about 77,369 hectares were expected to be developed by 1991 (Abdullahi et al, 1989). This is about 4% of the total land meant for development. Salihu (1986) and Dawakintofa (1989) attributed the limited success of the early irrigation schemes to the fact that the plans were developed without much consideration of economic and social problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFadama\u201d is an Hausa word meaning low-lying swamp area consisting of fluvial deposit and containing extensive exploitable aquifers\u201d (Gandi and Radashekara, 1989). Fadama also refers to a seasonally flooded area used for farming during the dry season. It is defined as an alluvial, low land formed by erosion and depositional action of the rivers and streams (Qureshi, 1989). The extent and subsurface formation of the Fadama land depend on the terrain over which the rivers are formed and flowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They can also be referred to as flood prone, low lying, slow drainage areas that generally possess a finer texture and less acid soils. Fadama lands are regarded as very rich agricultural areas. They encompass land and water resources that could easily be developed for irrigation agriculture (World Bank, 1992). In Nigeria, this type of rich irrigable land can be found along the flood plains of the Niger, Sokoto-Rima, Benue, Nassarawa, Yobe and Hedejamaari river systems. Fadama land covers about 4.9 million hectares in the country (BSADP, 1994). It is therefore necessary to harness it in order to accelerate agricultural production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inadequate and uneven distribution of rainfall in the arid and semi arid North, prompted some state governments to initiate Fadama through small-scale irrigation system (Abdullahi and Phillip, 1989). The enclave states, which pioneered the Programme, were Kano, Bauchi, Jigawa, Gombe, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The staff appraisal report (SAR) estimated that traditional irrigation was practiced in over 60,000 hectares of Fadama land of which 13,000 were cultivated for dry season vegetable production while the whole of it could be used for summer rice production under semi-controlled flooding, primarily in the Hedejia valley area (APMEU, 1991).<\/p>\n\n\n\n This Fadama development component, covering 27,400 hectares in Kano State, comprised; (i) Fadama intensification \u2013 bonding of run-off and using residual moisture to produce a second crop planted in September\/ October on 14,700 hectares; (ii) the use of wells (usually not exceeding 7m deep) and making 1,500, 3\u2033 diesel pumps and 4,600 hand pumps available through the Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO) to replace Shadoof and bring an incremental 6,800 hectares into production; and (iii) improved flood irrigation of rice by bonding an estimated 5,900 hectares to allow two crops a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Incremental crop production achieved by these activities amounted to 29 million annually up to the end of project life cycle of five years. This technique was found to be cheaper than the large-scale system and more efficient than the traditional method of irrigation. While small-scale irrigation costs US1, 000 ( 80,000) per hectare, large-scale irrigation scheme cost US10, 000 (800,000) per hectare all at the 1990 prices (World Bank 1992). The small-scale irrigation scheme took off in Kano State in 1982 with loan effectiveness. 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