Assessment of Traditional Watershed Management System in Southeast, Nigeria.

Table of Contents

Title - - - - - - - - - i

Certification - - - - - - - - - ii

Dedication - - - - - - - - - iii

Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - iv

Table of contents - - - - - - - - - vi

List of tables - - - - - - - - - vii

List of figures - - - - - - - - - ix

List of plates - - - - - - - - - x

Abstract - - - - - - - - - xi

Chapter One: Introduction

 Background - - - - - - - - 1

 Problem statement- - - - - - - - - 5

 Purpose of the study - - - - - - - - 9

 Significance of the study - - - - - - - 9

Chapter Two: Review of Literature

 Water as a scarce resource/ challenges of combating water scarcity - - 11

 The status of watersheds in Nigeria - - - - - - 19

 Watershed management systems - - - - - - 23

 Stakeholders in watershed management - - - - - 40

 Economic/livelihood activities in the watersheds

 via sustainable livelihood approaches - - - - - - 46

 Problems of watershed management - - - - - - 52

 Watershed management models - - - - - - 59

 Conceptual framework - - - - - - - 73

Chapter Three: Methodology

Study area - - - - - - - - - 76

 Population and sampling procedure - - - - - - 79

 Data collection - - - - - - - - 82

 Measurement of variables - - - - - - - 84

 Data analysis - - - - - - - - 85

Chapter Four: Results and Discussion

 Socio-economic characteristics of respondents - - - - 86

 Status of watersheds in southeast, Nigeria - - - - 92

 Activities currently going on around the watersheds - - - - 100

 Traditional watershed management system - - - - - 105

 Farm practices in the watersheds - - - - - - 118

 Economic/livelihood activities in the watersheds - - - - 125

 Factors militating against watershed management - - - - 129

 Implications of the study for watershed extension - - - - 133

Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

 Summary - - - - - - - - - 137

 Conclusions - - - - - - - - - 142

Recommendations - - - - - - - - 144

References - - - - - - - - - - 146

Appendix - - - - - - - - - - 155