impact of tungan-kawo irrigation scheme on rice production in wushishi local government area

Abstract

The study seeks to examine the impact of Tungan-kawo irrigation Tara Yamane's formula sampling tecnique was used to derive 400 farmers/respondents from the population of the study .Data was collected through the use of structured questionnaires was subjected to analysis using frequencies percentages and pearson's and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient of multiple regression analysis . From a response rate of 91.75%, 66.8% of the farmers were within the age range of 18 to 38 years. This portends an indication that there is opportunity for more active years in not only rice production but agricultural practices generally. The study revealed the ratio of male to female where, 93% of respondents were male while the marital status observed indicated that 92.1% were married