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TABLE 4. LAND CLASSIFICATION OF HAUSA FARMERS 
Total | | 1.0 Fadama .. Land which floods 
1.1 Yashi/Rairai Wet/Dry coarse river sand 
0.42 | 1.2 Lak Dark coloured mu d 
4.73 1.3 Tabo Light coloured mud Em |: 
1.68 1.4 Bangarji Well-mixed mud and sand : dM 
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).49) |l 4 2.0 Tudu- cultivated Land which does not flood 
2.1 Jigawa Sand with organic material 
9.70 | 2.2 Baringo , Red, silty rather than sandy 
3,91) 2.3 Jangarigari Red clay 
5.51) | 2.4 Yashi/Rairai | River sand (c.f. 1. 1) 
0.07) | 
3.13) 3.0 Tudu — uncultivated Land which does not flood 
7.08) 3.1 Daji . Wooded, potential cropland 
3.67 3.2 Dabaji Stoney, used for grazing 
7.84 | 3.3 Fako Hard, barren ground 
6.77 {+ 
5.41 | Source: Field interviews 
5.08) M! | : 
0.33) | Class 8.1 includes both sandy and hardpan surfaces, whose reflectance is similar; it would 
0.00 thus include "Fako'" as well as '"Yashi/Rairai". The high degree of compatibility between the 
two classifications offers reasonable expectation that the supervised classification which has been 
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:'ombined | A black-and-white reproduction of the Band 5 data for the Bakolori area is presented (Fig. 
ver cate- b 4). The darkest areas show surface irrigation, principally of rice. They encircle-the main irrigated 
| by Pilon area in ‘which a variety of crops is grown; the darker-toned areas to the east (right) are subject to 
surface irrigation, while the lighter-toned areas to the west are sprinkler-fed. Lighter areas beyond 
the outer margins of the rice laridsare rain-fed, with bush land lying on the higher ground beyond. 
The ground area for each class identified is shown as part of Table 3. It can be seen that for the 
area studied, rain-fed cultivation accounted for approximately 50% of the total area in 1984. 
Fadama lands, both natural and irrigated, occupied about 7% of the area, while rice and sugar 
covered just over 5.5%. 
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