AN ASSESSMENT OF TRADITIONAL LAND USE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG FIVE COMMUNITIES IN DOHO DISTRICT OF KWAMI, GOMBE – NIGERIA

¹ADAMU, S. J. ,²SULAIMAN, M., AND ³MAHMOUD, A. B.

^1&2 Department of Geography, Gombe State University, Tudunwada, Gombe State, Nigeria.

³Department of Biological Sciences, Gombe State University, Tudunwada, Gombe State, Nigeria.

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ABSTRACT

Assessment of traditional land-use management practices was conducted around Kwami local government, Gombe-Nigeria. A well structural questionnaire were administered randomly in five selected villages from Doho district (Alagarno, Bentere Bokki, Jauro Yaya, Jauro Alaji and Wuro Tanni) from the findings it was revealed that majority of the respondents are male and are married with low educational background i.e secondary school, and the main system of farming is mixed farming system, organic manure is the main source of their fertilizer and they are using local hand tools for must of the farming activities. Poverty, land tenure system, water erosion and leaching are the major problems affecting land-use in the study area. It was therefore recommended that Government should try and provide those communities with extension education to enable them to improve their traditional land-use management practices.