 The Kano River Project, Nigeria: the Impact of an Irrigation Scheme on Productivity and WelfareTina Wallace Chapter 11 in Rural Development in Tropical Africa, 1981, pp 281-305 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The Kano River Project is a large-scale, capital-intensive irrigation scheme designed to cover an area of 58,000 acres in Kano State, Nigeria. The project comes under the authority of the Hadejia-Juma’are River Basin Development Authority, and is the first of several such schemes which will eventually cover 146,000 acres in Kano State. The project was started in 1971, and the initial research was conducted in 1976–77 when the scheme was still in its first phase, and restricted to 3000 acres. Millions of naira are already committed to developing irrigation in northern Nigeria, and although the first scheme is still in its infancy it is important to look closely at the progress and problems of the project and raise key issues relating to irrigation now. This paper will focus particularly on the stated reasons for introducing irrigation and the specific assumptions which have shaped the design of the project and, in turn, the implications these decisions have for present and future rural development in the area. Keywords: Rural Development; Small Farmer; Land Tenure; Irrigation Scheme; Family Labour (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05318-6_11 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05318-6_11 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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