Impact of Participating in Social Networking

The study focused on the impacts of participating in social networking among irrigation farmers in north central Nigeria. Social networks for this study consist of water users association, cooperative societies, agency, farmers group, family, neighbourhood, religious group, community based organistions, non governmetal organisation and input suppliers that are operating within the lower niger river basin authority irrigation sites at shonga, oke-oyi and Ejiba in north central Nigeria.One hundred and ninety four irrigation farmers were randomly selected from three irrigation farming areas in two states of north central Nigeria. Data were obtained using a structured questionnaire. The dependent variable for the study is the farmers level of participation in social networking which was measured through a 4-point likert scale while the data was analysed using a descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis and Pearson product moment correlation.