Researcher Unveils Climate Smart Agriculture

Nigerian farmers would soon start enjoying an agricultural system, which seeks to increase their productivity and protect the environment, called the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). According to a Research Fellow with the University’s Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Dr. John Oyedepo, the initiative would also bring about food security for […]

Researcher Unveils Climate Smart Agriculture

Nigerian farmers would soon start enjoying an agricultural system, which seeks to increase their productivity and protect the environment, called the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). According to a Research Fellow with the University’s Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Dr. John Oyedepo, the initiative would also bring about food security for […]

Find Solution to Rustling Problems – VC Tasks SOGREDEN

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has charged the Society for Grassland Research and Development in Nigeria (SOGREDEN), to play a vital role in resolving the rustling activities that are causing disaffection among traditional herdsmen and indigenous crop farmers in the country. He made the call during the maiden biennial conference of the Society, tagged “Towards […]

Find Solution to Rustling Problems – VC Tasks SOGREDEN

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has charged the Society for Grassland Research and Development in Nigeria (SOGREDEN), to play a vital role in resolving the rustling activities that are causing disaffection among traditional herdsmen and indigenous crop farmers in the country. He made the call during the maiden biennial conference of the Society, tagged “Towards […]

Nigeria’s Cocoa is Highly Valuable – FUNAAB Don

Professor Peter Okuneye, a renowned researcher and scholar in the field of Agricultural and Environmental Economics in the University, has debunked allegations that the nation’s cocoa has lost its value and does not meet international standards. Rather, the Don noted that the quality of cocoa being produced in the country remains one of the best […]

Nigeria’s Cocoa is Highly Valuable – FUNAAB Don

Professor Peter Okuneye, a renowned researcher and scholar in the field of Agricultural and Environmental Economics in the University, has debunked allegations that the nation’s cocoa has lost its value and does not meet international standards. Rather, the Don noted that the quality of cocoa being produced in the country remains one of the best […]

FMW Partners DPR in Photographic Training

The Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management (FMW), College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM), has partnered the Directorate of Public Relations (DPR) of the University, in the training of final year students of the Department in the art of photography. The training, which was part of the students’ industrial training programme, was carried out by […]

FUNAAB Staff Becomes UNESCO Fellow

Dr. Olubukola Adenubi, a lecturer in the College of Veterinary Medicine (COLVET) of the University, has been conferred with the 2015 L’Oréal-United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for Women in Science Doctoral Fellowship. She was among the nine recipients that bagged the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Doctoral Fellowships. In qualifying for the […]

FUNAAB Showcases Cassava Opportunities

The Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (CAVA II), a research project sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is poised to promote value addition to cassava. CAVA II is led by the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria, working closely with the Natural Resources Institute of University of Greenwich, United Kingdom; International Institute of […]

FUNAAB Showcases Cassava Opportunities

The Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (CAVA II), a research project sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is poised to promote value addition to cassava. CAVA II is led by the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria, working closely with the Natural Resources Institute of University of Greenwich, United Kingdom; International Institute of […]

VC Felicitates with NRI for Bagging Queen’s Prize

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has congratulated the University of Greenwich’s Natural Resources Institute (NRI) ground-breaking work on cassava that led it to bag the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education.  In an official electronic mail, Professor Oyewole said the University was glad to be associated with NRI, adding that FUNAAB was […]

Late Dr. Olubiyo’s Family Donates Books to FUNAAB

Members of the immediate family of the former Deputy Dean, College of Management Sciences (COLMAS) of FUNAAB, late Dr. Solomon Olubiyo, has donated books, periodicals and journals to the ‘Nimbe Adedipe Library, as well as the Department of Economics of the University.             Making the donation, the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Lydia Olubiyo, said […]