Abstract
The study assessed the effects of Fadama lll on rural rice farmers in Yola-North LGA of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The objectives are to; described the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, Estimate the cost and returns of Fadama and non-Fadama participants, to assess the change in output and to assess the change in income among the respondents. One hundred and twenty four (124) respondents were selected from beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the project through multi stage and purposive random sampling. Structured questionnaire were used to obtained data on the Socio-economic characteristics, Cost and Returns, Change in output and Change in income. The data were analysed using Descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings reveals that majority of the respondents were males (71.4%) and married (69.6}.These categories of respondents are in their productive ages (30 – 39 and 40 – 49) capable of engaging in farming activities and they account for 64 % whom are the majority. Revenue generated by the beneficiaries is higher than that of the non-beneficiaries as revealed by the Gross margin analysis, likewise the T-test showed the mean Income of the beneficiaries was higher compared to that of the non-beneficiaries even though the difference was not significant at p=0.05 .Despite the fact that the project had made little impact on the living conditions of the beneficiaries, it is recommended that it should be continue in order to ensure sustained income and revenue generation.
Highlights
Self-suf iciency in food production based only in rain fed agriculture is dif icult to achieve
This indicates that the project has made a little positive impacts on the income of the bene iciaries in the study area
It was evident that the bene iciaries had adopted new technologies that were introduced by the project which has led to a signi icant increase in their output which found to be higher than that of the non-bene iciaries
Summary
Self-suf iciency in food production based only in rain fed agriculture is dif icult to achieve. For self-suf iciency in food Production, there is need to extend the farming season beyond the rainy season through irrigated agriculture (Anambra State Agricultural Development Project - ASADEP, How to cite this article (APA): Shelleng, B. Effects of Fadama III Project on Rural Rice Farmers in Yola. -North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH, 9(4), 105-114.
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