The availability of water bodies such as the Volta Lake serves as a potential resource for small scale irrigation schemes that can be exploited with the availability and willingness of the youthful population, combined with the vast arable land and fertile soil as well as financial support from the microfinance institutions to boost agricultural production in the district however, a little has been done about such potentials. Figures 1 and 2 present the location of the district in the National context and the communities studied respectively.