Abstract:
Gad Allah Agriculture Project was established in 1993 in Gad Allah village,
Berber Locality, River Nile state to improve the economics situations of the
farmers in the area. Unfortunately, very poor studies were done to evaluate
the project. This necessitates carrying out this study which aimed to: study
the socio-economics characteristics of the farmers and their attitude towards
the project, identify factors affecting the project and examine the
contribution of the project on food availability and farmers' incomes.
Simple random sampling techniques were used to collect data from 45
farmers in the study area, representing 13% of the population currently
benefiting from the project and 7% from the total farmers in the area.
Statistical analysis technique and partial budget analyses were used to reach
to the study objectives.
The results revealed that: most of the farmers have low educational levels
and depends solely on agriculture for their living. The average land size per
farmers is 2.3 feddans, but the actual planted area is 1.9 feddans. Wheat is
the main crop grown by the farmers, even though, other crops like vegetable
are also grown but in small areas. There were many problems created by the
project; distribution of lands (created social problems) and spread of
Mosquitoes and malaria. The former one substantially increases the
irrigation costs, as additional cost were incurred in changing the channel's
route. The project provides the farmers with a considerable amount of crops
and animal products. Likewise, it significantly improves farmers' income in
the study area. Accordingly, using electrical pumps and introducing fruit
crops in the project will greatly improve farmers' income
