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This study assesses the problems associated with Fadama II crop farming in Adamawa state. Data were collected on a sample of 160 farmers and were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings from the study showed that Inadequate and high cost of fertilizer was reported to be very severe and serious problem affecting the crop farmers of Fadama, and this accounted for about 56.25 percent of the respondents, while 13.75 percent of the respondents were severely affected. However, only 30 percent of the farmers considered the problem as not severe, it further revealed that, about 57 percent of the respondents reported that high cost of agrochemicals was not a severe problem, while 16.88 percent were severely affected by the problem. The respondents that were very severely affected by this problem constituted 26.25 percent. On the use of improved seeds, the study shows that, majority of the respondents about 50 percent did not consider non availability of improved seeds as a severe problem, while 21.25 percent considered the non-availability of improved seeds as a severe problem. However, 28.75 percent of the respondents regarded the non-availability of improved seeds as a very severe problem. Cost of labour for production as revealed from the study shows that, about 45 percent of the respondents looked at high cost of labour as not a severe problem, while 30.63 percent considered it to be a severe problem. Consequently, about 24.39 percent reported it as a very severe problem. The study concludes that, several problems associate Fadama crop farming in the study area. The study identified problems associated with the crop production by the Fadama II beneficiaries such as inadequate and high cost of fertilizer, high cost of agrochemicals (herbicides/pesticides), non-availability of improved seeds, clashes with pastoralist, high cost of paid labour, high cost of water pumps and inadequate supply of water during some months. It therefore recommends that, Government should take renewed interest in dry season production by strengthening support and public-private partnership so as to boost production and win niche markets with a challenge of making better markets for farmers, while at the same time ensuring that production technologies adopted is more environmentally sustainable. Government should establish where feasible micro irrigation scheme that will ensure all year round crop production and livestock rearing.This will not only increase crop production but reduce the rate of conflict in the use of communal natural resource.

Assessmentof Problems Associated to Fadama Crop Farming: An Experience of the Fadama II Beneficiary Crop Farmers in Adamawa State, Nigeria.