Impact of Land Right Arrangements on the use of Irrigation Resources in the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority of Nigeria

Ajiboye Abiodun, ,O A Adeleke | A O Awoyemi Awoyemi,A O Adekunmi

doi:10.31142/ijtsrd22927

Abstract

Impact of Land Right Arrangements on the use of Irrigation Resources in the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority of Nigeria

Highlights

Land right characteristics affect access to land and access to land on the other hand affects food productivity in any nation Agwu et al(2010) Vuuren and Ysselstein (1986). Land tenure and food security have traditionally been two separate areas of research (Maxwell and Wiebe, 1999), yet there is an important relationship between the two
Descriptive Statistics The basic summary statistics of the variables used in the efficiency and T-tests analyses are presented in tables 1a1c.Talking about water, average water use for the vegetable farmers under the user allocation systems was 1722m3 and 1174 m 3 for farmers under the farmer occupier system
Water use for all the crops in the user allocation system was observed to be greater than what obtained for any of the crop in the farmer occupier system. The farmers under both systems did not have any restraint from the authority to use water under any circumstances .Time spent in pump operation was determined by the capacity of farmers to fuel the pumps and run it for several hours .The farmers under the user allocation systems are financially well-off than those under the farmer occupier and has capacity to pump water for more length of time

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Land right characteristics affect access to land and access to land on the other hand affects food productivity in any nation Agwu et al(2010) Vuuren and Ysselstein (1986). Land tenure and food security have traditionally been two separate areas of research (Maxwell and Wiebe, 1999), yet there is an important relationship between the two. Two types of land tenure system exist in the chosen RBDA, namely the User Allocation System and the Farmer Occupier System This is as a result of the partial alteration of the existing systems of land ownership by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources when all the lands belonging to the RBDA were being acquired throughout the country after the sahelian drought of the early 1970s. The farmers that are registered with the authority of Lower Niger River Basin Authority are called ‘landless farmers’ who do not have any right to plant the crop of their choice but must submit to the order of the authority This tenure type is referred to as the User Allocation System and the farmers under this group account for the majority of those using irrigation facilities of the LNRBDA in Kwara and Kogi States. Information was gathered on the irrigation schemes included: household characteristics, farm and non-farm activities, quantities and costs of inputs used in production (capital, variable and overhead), volume and value of output, the quantity of water consumed, water demand characteristics and irrigation practices

Results and discussions

Variable Output Water Land Labour Fertilizer Herbicide Pesticide Seed

Conclusion and Policy Issues