December 2018

Shallow groundwater condition for irrigation along dryland river basin, northwestern Nigeria

This study investigated shallow groundwater quality and yield for irrigation along Hadejia River Basin of Jigawa State in both the dry and rainy seasons of one year. Sites in the floodplain with a history of irrigation where the use of tube wells is dominant were selected covering a transect of about 135 km. Six transects, oriented perpendicular to the river channel were established within 1 km2 in each site. Three tube...

Author(s): Abubakar Ibrahim Tukur, Maharazu A. Yusuf, Emmanuel Ajayi Olofin, Adnan Abdulhamid