The report entitled "Learning via Practice! The World Bank-funded Federal Government initiative Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) held a two-day workshop in Abuja yesterday to unveil "Action Research Experiences from TRIMING Project in Nigeria's Public Irrigation Schemes."
The booklet is a compilation of study reports and findings from five TRIMING Project-supported research initiatives, put together by the study Panel of Experts (RPoE) and financed by TRIMING. The goal of the research is to address issues with agricultural production and its value chain, as well as to advance irrigation farming in Nigeria. The Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS), Middle Rima Valley Irrigation Scheme (MRVIS), Bakolori Irrigation Scheme (BIS), Kano River Irrigation Scheme (KRIS), and Dadin Kowa Irrigation Scheme (DKIS) were the five target systems in which the research projects were conducted between 2017 and 2023.
There is a good chance that the semi-formal land administration approach—which is transparent, pro-equity, effective, economical, sustainable, and liked by farmers—will be used to conduct land consolidation in DKIS because of its social acceptability and willingness to be implemented.
It was believed that the semi-formalized land administration process would be able to support land taxation, ensure security of tenure and land use rights, monitor and develop land markets, lessen land disputes, ease land reform, enhance infrastructure development, and assist environmental management.
Thus, it was determined that the land management procedure might encourage private agricultural investments and assist the establishment of sustainable irrigation systems.
During her speech, Mrs. Walson-Jack revealed that the Federal Government had started advocacy programs to improve the host communities' comprehension of the projects so they could get more deeply involved and take ownership of the finished water projects.
She mentioned networking, cooperation, capacity building, and the discovery of best practices as some of the advantages anticipated from the session.
She informed attendees that their commitment to the common objective of raising agricultural output and their active involvement were essential to the workshop's success.
According to Mr. Peter Yakubu Manjuk, National Project Coordinator for TRIMING, the workshop was organized, among other things, to talk about the sustainability concerns related to the research findings and suggest actions. Additionally, it was intended to encourage community ownership of the research findings and develop advocacy plans for relevant institutions to scale up the promising research findings.