An assessment of, and modelling indigenous land management systems in Bankanu, Sokoto State Of Nigeria

In this paper an assessment of the 1969 Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report on the conventional Sokoto- Rima Basin Agricultural Land capability Classification which span Bankanu Village was made towards judicious Land Management. The Land Capability Classes that span Bankanu village are only two out of the ten classes identified by the FAO across the Basin. Attempt to model indigenous land Capability Classes from the conventional was made through the use of Participatory Rural Appraisal. Consequently, Transect walk was made by the researcher together with the Bankanu Farmers across the village diagonally from North East to South west and North West to the South East of the Village. The two conventional classes three and six end up to five Classes by the indigenous farmers. Therefore, this work has shown that information derived from the Indigenous farmers is more detailed than the conventional and that facilitate the empowerment of the indigenous farmers.