Harnessing Small Scale Irrigation Projects: A Strategy for Capacity Building Option for Enhanced Rural Economy in Nigeria

Abdullahi H. A., Abubakar L., Dauda A. G.

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Irrigation farming can play a major role in improving agricultural productivity, reducing poverty and bring about sustainable development. The goals of irrigation projects were to provide increased agricultural productively and improve the livelihoods of the people. Evidence of increased productivity through enhanced capacity building was reported by this study from Katsina state. A total of 203 farmers were surveyed including 113 irrigation farmers from Ajiwa and 90 irrigation farmers from Dan-Nakola irrigation projects. The findings indicate that irrigation farmers in the study area had the potentials to fight poverty and improve income level and livelihoods through small scale irrigation technologies. It is recommended that the social investment programmes of the Federal government of Nigeria and that of Katsina State government should provide an urgent economic intervention to improve farmers’ potentials in irrigation farming in the areas and further provide more farm inputs that will enhance the available rural wage earning activities of the area.


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