sustainability of rice production in the study area and similar environment throughproperly management of irrigation system such that …

south of the Sahara such as Nigeria. Information is, however, still limited regarding how irrigation potential and … expansion in tropical regions like Nigeria, and what may be the challenges in favorable areas where current irrigation appears … future assessment of irrigation potential in Nigeria: (1) factor endowments, (2) challenges inherent in the tropics, and (3 …

vegetables in Northern Agricultural Zone of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was adopted where 360 framers …

with regard to how farmers in Africa south of Sahara, including Nigeria, are using irrigation. Given the diverse … agroecological and socioeconomic environment in countries like Nigeria, understanding the diverse patterns of irrigation use and … data. We also compare the costs and inputs used across different irrigation crops, as reported in Nigeria. Findings …

efficiency of rice farmers under the Dadin-Kowa Irrigation Scheme (DKIS) and made use of cross-sectional data from a survey … conducted on 284 rice farmers selected by multi-staged sampling in Gombe and Borno states, Nigeria. The data were analyzed using …

A comprehensive assessment of irrigation investment should examine not just the benefits, but also make a systematic …-2016. Across various assessment frames, the findings converge around the following: Costs of irrigation investment are simply too … incorporates benefits only from incremental rice output. Rather than invalidating the government's irrigation planning and …