Impact of second national fadama development project on income and wealth of crop farmers in Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

ABSTRACT The impact of the Second National Fadama Development Project on incomes and wealth of fadama crop farmers in Niger State, Nigeria, was investigated. Data were generated from a field survey conducted in the study area. A combination of stratified and multi-stage sampling techniques was used to select 103 household heads who benefitted from Fadama II project in Niger State and 105 who did not..Descriptive statistics, farm budgeting and Chow test were used to analyse the data. The results showed that the Fadama II Project did not significantly increase the income of Fadama II beneficiaries over non-beneficiaries. It however, significantly increased their wealth. Recommendations of the study are that, policies and strategies should be put in place to bring market infrastructures closer to the fadama communities and to enhance group mobilisation and federation of existing groups and farmer‟s cooperatives for linkages to credit to enhance farm capital assets. Similarly, efforts should be made to establish inputs sales points in the area to enhance the use of improved inputs by the farmers. Ephraim