An Assessment on Effect of Adoption of Small Scale Irrigation Technologies by Fadama Users in Agricultural Zone III of Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

The Study examined an assessment on effect of adoption of small scale irrigation technologies by fadama users in agricultural zone III of Niger state, Nigeria. The broad objective of the study was to examine an assessment on effect of adoption of small scale irrigation technologies by fadama users in agricultural zone III of Niger state, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to examine the effects of small scale irrigation technologies on the crop output yield, to identify factors influencing the adoption of small-scale irrigation technology by the farmers; to identify constraints of small– scale irrigation technologies in the study area; Data were obtained by the use of structured questionnaire that were administered to 180 respondents. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were statistical tools used to analyze the data. Findings show that 74.4% of the respondents report a significant increase in the quantity of crop and 23.9% report an average increase in the quantity of crops this implies that with the adoption of small scale irrigation technology the quantity of crop production increase thereby making them to have more products to take to the market and more to eat or feed on. The study found out that labour and cost of Original Research Article Usman; JAERI, 3(2): 59-66, 2015; Article no.JAERI.2015.032 60 maintenance are constraint to adoption of small scale irrigation technology. It’s therefore recommended that small scale irrigation technology with little cost of maintenance and low labour requirement should be introduce to the farmers.