keywords: Fadama, farmers, agriculture, performance, project
The study concentrated on evaluation of the performance of Fadama III agricultural project in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria. The study was carried out in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Delta States of the Niger Delta, Nigeria. It surveys the level of changes in property acquisition before and during Fadama III contacts with farmers and determines the level of performance in agricultural project by individual states in the Niger Delta. A multistage sampling procedure was used adopted to illicit responses from a sample size of 180 respondents. A detailed questionnaire was used to obtain information from respondents. Data collected were subjected to the use of descriptive and Wilcoxon Test statistics. Results reveals that for the three states, significant differences exist in property acquisition comparing pre and post Fadama III implementation with better performances observed during Fadama III era. For Akwa Ibom State,..................................