International Journal of Advanced Academic Research | Sciences, Technology & Engineering | ISSN: 2488-9849 Vol. 4, Issue 10 (October 2018) 181 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MALARIA PREVALENCE AMONG COMMUNITIES PRACTICING IRRIGATED AND NON – IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN GARIN – MALLAM L.G.A, KANO STATE Mustapha Usman Baba 1 , Abdulrasheed Luqman 1 , Mansur Idi 1 , Shehu Abba Adamu 1 , NaziruIsmai’l Ibrahim 2 and Ahmad Yahaya Zimit 3 mustyubaba2@gmail.com , abdulrrasheedluqman@gmail.com , dikkorimd@ymail.com , shehuabba12@gmail.com , nazirismaildandago@gmail.com , ayzimit@hotmail.com 1.Department of Statistics, School of Technology, Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria. 2.Department of Basic Studies, School of General Studies, Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria. 3.Department of Computer Science, School of Technology, Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria. ABSTRACT We investigated the prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors in Garin-Mallam Local Government Area Kano state. Systematic random sampling was used for questionnaire administration in the respective households as it is shown above such as 5 settlements for Garun-Mallam, 2 settlements for Garun-Babba and 3 settlements for Makwaro. Malaria prevalence was associated with low hemoglobin concentration, low socioeconomic status, and agricultural activities of the community. Our findings indicate that Garin-Mallam is seriously affected by malaria and that irrigated agriculture may increase this risk. It was found that the age group affected by malaria in the two communities‟ respondents of age ranges between 0 – 17 years has the highest risk of malaria disease with 70.0% and 50% of the total malaria infected in both the non – irrigated and irrigated community respectively. And also, the irrigated community has occupied the highest percentage of malaria prevalence with about 97.0%, while the non-irrigated community occupies about 87.0% of the total respondents of the non – irrigated category, while the remaining respondents were either having cholera, typhoid or measles for the balance of the total number sampled. In general, the irrigated community were of the opinion that “Agricultural activities spread malaria” with about 89.0%, while the remaining respondents were of the opinion that “Agricultural activities doesn‟t spread malaria” with about 11.0%. And non – irrigated community were of the opinion that “Agricultural activities spread malaria” with about 46.0% and those of “Agricultural activities don‟t spread malaria” with about 54.0% in this categories”. Keywords: Irrigated, Non-irrigated, Communities, Malaria.