Abstract: The study sought to examine how government support services as issuance of subsidies, marketing support, diversification and extension services, influence the sustainability of small holder irrigation projects in Kisumu County. The study was underpinned by Contingency Theory, Resource Based Theory and stake-holders theory. Descriptive research design was employed. The target population in the small scale irrigation farming projects in Kisumu county was 4,000 farmers which included project officials that is, the chairman of water users association, project secretary and block leaders from Nyachoda, Awach, Gem-Rae , Nyakalewa, Kasiru-Kolal, Sisso,Anyuro,Arombo, Siamy and kotieno small scale irrigation projects, located in Nyando Sub-county since a large population of most small-scale irrigation farmers are located in this Sub-county. The study adopted simple random sampling to select sample size of 102 respondents. The study utilized primary data which was collected using questionnaire. An overall Cronbach alpha of 0.8088 was obtained which indicated that the research instrument was reliable. The analysis of research data was based on multiple regression analysis. The research results indicated that a unit increase in government subsidies leads to a significant and positive increase in sustainability of small holder irrigation projects by 0.779 times with a p value of 0.003. One unit increase in marketing support holding other factors constant leads to a significant increase in the sustainability of small scale irrigation projects by 1.041 times; p value of 0.000. Further, diversification has a significant increase in the sustainability of small scale irrigation projects by 0.330 times; p value is 0.034. Lastly, one unit change in extension services has a significant decrease in small scale irrigation projects by 0.572; p value is 0.026. The study concluded that government support services are important in enhancing small scale irrigation projects sustainability in Kisumu county Kenya. The study recommended that government support services should be continuously provided to small scale irrigation project farmers’ in Kisumu county in order to boost irrigation projects’ sustainability.
Keywords: Government Support Services, Marketing Support, Diversification, Extension Services and Sustainability.
Title: GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SMALL SCALE IRRIGATION FARMING PROJECTS IN KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA
Author: CHARLOTTE ACHIENG OORO, PERRIS WAMBUI CHEGE
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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