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Determination of Moisture Characteristics of Rugangye Rice Irrigated Farmland in Yola South Local Government Area, North-Eastern Nigeria

Abdulqadir Abubakar Sadiq, Abubakar Bello and Ahmad Usman Ardo

Abstract

The research work saddled to determine of moisture characteristics of Rugangye rice irrigated farmland in Yola South LGA, North-eastern Nigeria. The area was divided in to four (4) locations (A, B, C and D). At each location twenty (20) soil auger points were sampled using random sampling method at three (3) different soil depths of 0-30 cm, 30-60 and 30-90 cm amounting to 240 soil samples for the research work. Soil samples were collected and transferred in to the well labeled polythene bags for moisture properties analysis in the laboratory. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results show that WHC, FC, PWP and PAW at all the four locations were generally moderate to very high in all the three (3) layers with mean values varied from 50.43-59.14 %, 27.60-37.03 %, 11.04-14.81 % and 16.56-22.22 %. In addition, it was observed that SWDI, SMPI and RSMI were shows no drought with mean values varied from 0.99-1.56 %, (0.00-0.00 %) and 91.97-108.62 % while SMDI was classified as mild drought with mean value varied from -1.78 % to -2.23 % accordingly. These soil moisture characteristics might generally improve effective crop production in all the identified locations due to its moderate to very higher moisture statuses with no drought scenario. It is therefore, recommend that farmers in the area should adopt the use of high-water requirement seeds having high viability and nutrient contents for sustainable food production in the area for the growing population.

Keywords

CharacteristicsFarmlandMoistureRugangyeYola

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