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Mubarak Sani.

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The study assessed the impact of Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project on rural livelihoods in Jigawa State, Nigeria. The major objective of this study was to examine the impact of the project on cropped area under irrigation activities of the beneficiaries in the study area. Out of a list of 7036 respondents 207 beneficiaries and 146 non-beneficiaries were selected using a multi-stage random sampling making a total of 353. Data were obtained using structured questionnaire. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation. The results showed that beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries had a mean age of 47 and 45 years, a mean household size of 15 and 21, educational levels of 8 and 7 years and off-farm income that ranged from a mean of ₦137,797.00 and ₦237,104.00. It revealed a mean of 30 and 24 years of irrigation farming experience, farm sizes of 3.2 and 2.1 hectares, ₦33,641.00 and ₦ 55,709.00 spent in hiring labour, farm distance of 3 and 0.9 kilometers, 5 and 3 extension visits per season, a mean of ₦52,771.00 and ₦50,205.00, ₦50,205.68 and ₦32,422.33 as credit and subsidy. Membership of cooperative associations indicated a mean of 0.8 and 0.5. The results show that linking beneficiaries’ lower and middle quintiles of asset indices there was a rank order relationship and no rank order relationship connecting lower and higher; middle and higher quintiles of asset indices between the variables in the population represented in the sample. Therefore, from the results it was concluded that the Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project(HVIP) contributed to livelihoods of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in the study area. It was recommended that the studied homes had a mean of 15 and 21 people, therefore, the government should increase efforts in family planning through birth control. Key words: Irrigation, Households, beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, rural livelihoods and Farm assistants

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