UTILIZATION OF WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FOR IRRIGATION AROUND KAFINCHIRI-GARUN ALI AREA OF GARKO L,G KANO STATE NIGERIA
Aminu Imam and Lawal Sani Usman
Volume 11 Issue 1
Abstract
The Study assesses the Utilization of Water Management Practices for Irrigation in Kafinchiri - Garun Ali areas. Inconsistencies in Utilization of Water Management for irrigation constitute a lot of hindrance to the farmers in the study area which needs to be investigated. The research aimed at assessing the utilization of Water Management practices for effective irrigation practice in the area. Stratified Random and availability sampling techniques were used for selection of the sampling site and respondents respectively. Data was collected through the use of questionnaire, semi- structured interview, field observation and field measurements. Descriptive statistic, X2Homogeneity and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were carried out to analyse the data using SPSS software. The result revealed that, about 70% of the respondents use Dams as their major source of irrigation water.. The study also revealed that, poor management, inadequate machines, improper channels, inadequate implementation of modern techniques were identified as limiting factors hindering effective management of irrigation water. However, there is significant different of limiting factors among the three study site at p = 0.05. It was concluded that Dam is the major sources of water for irrigation in all of the areas. Among the recommendation, there is need for the authorities to be organizing sensitizations of workshops to farmers on proper utilization of water for irrigation facilities, so as to conserve irrigation water and consequently avoiding water loses. Keywords Utilization Water Management, Practice, Irrigation
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