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Water resources development projects in Nigeria

Conceived essentially on a basis of agro‐technical and economic criteria, and without adequate knowledge of all other relevant socio‐economic and cultural factors, water resources development projects in Northern Nigeria have proved hazardous. There is a great risk of upsetting traditional farming systems rather than improving them. The imposition of various schemes, expropriation of land, massive displacement of the rural population, introduction of capital‐intensive technology, dictation of cropping patterns, and prohibitive and regressive farm charges are some of the hazards and uncertainti…