UMFB Trains Directors
In a bid to consolidate the on-going restructuring process in the UNAAB Microfinance Bank (UMFB), the bank has held a training programme for its Board of Directors, tagged “Principles of Microfinance and Corporate Governance”. According to the General Manager of UMFB, Mr. Abimbola Adewale, the training was first of its kind in the history of […]
PROFESSOR SANNI TO DELIVER 49TH INAUGURAL LECTURE
The University is set to hold its 49th Inaugural Lecture. The title of the lecture is, “Drying for Wealth, Food Security and Nation Building” and will be delivered by Professor LateefSanni of the Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC) of the University. The event would hold on Thursday, […]
Invitation to the Postgraduate Student Association Week
The Executive of the Postgraduate Students Association(PGSA) and the entire postgraduate students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) cordially invite you to this year PGSA week. The PGSA week with the theme”Prospects of Higher Degree Programmes in National Development” is scheduled to hold as follows: Dates Events Guest Speakers Venue Time 18thMay, 2015 […]
FUNAAB Empowers Local Farmers
The University has empowered farmers in the various extension outreach villages with useful agricultural information that would guide them in being mindful of their activities in their various locations, in order to get maximum yield, as they were also provided high-yielding cassava varieties for enhanced production. This piece of advice for better farming practice was […]
Alumnus Becomes SOFIIA Scholar as Students Bag Scholarships
A former student of the University, Mr. Ayodele Mesele, has emerged tops in the Science of Forest Island in Africa (SOFIIA) scholarship, funded through the United Kingdom Government’s Royal Society-DfID Africa Capacity Building Initiative. Mr. Mesele holds a First Class Honours Degree from the Department of Soil Science and Land Management in 2011 and a […]
Alumnus Becomes SOFIIA Scholar as Students Bag Scholarships
A former student of the University, Mr. Ayodele Mesele, has emerged tops in the Science of Forest Island in Africa (SOFIIA) scholarship, funded through the United Kingdom Government’s Royal Society-DfID Africa Capacity Building Initiative. Mr. Mesele holds a First Class Honours Degree from the Department of Soil Science and Land Management in 2011 and a […]
FUNAAB HOSTS 7TH INDUCTION FOR VETERINARY DOCTORS
Twenty-one fresh Veterinary doctors were recently inducted when the University played host to dignitaries from all walks of life during the induction ceremony and admission of graduates in the College of Veterinary Medicine (COLVET), into the Veterinary profession. Speaking at the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor, FUNAAB and President, Association of African Universities, Professor Olusola Oyewole, stated […]
FUNAAB Donates Bee Farming Kits to Farmers
The Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) of the University, has donated two sets of Beekeeping equipment with complete set of costumes to the farming community of Ijo-Agbe in Opeji, Odeda Local Government area of Ogun State. The donation was done during a training workshop on “Modern Beekeeping and Medicinal Value of Honey for […]
VC Lauds CAVA II, Call for More Investment in Cassava Intensifies
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has lauded the Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (CAVA II) Project on effective management. The Vice-Chancellor gave the commendation while receiving Principal Officers of the project, who recently paid him a courtesy visit, as the programme officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Orin Hasson, has restated the need for […]
NASU Re-Elects Odunjo As Chairman
Comrade Isiaka Odunjo has been re-elected as the Chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), FUNAAB Branch, at the just-concluded 2015 Quadrennial Election of the Union. Other officers elected are: Comrade Samson Edivri, Secretary and Comrade Olayinka Afaraetu, Treasurer; while the ex-officio members are Comrades Serifat Akinola, Idowu Isaiah, Olusegun Dagunduro, Abiodun […]
FUNAAB Trains OAU Students on Agriculture Business
Final year students of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, recently visited the University to learn basic things on value addition and strategies of Agricultural Enterprise that would enhance their studies. The students were received and tutored at the University’s Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre […]
Model Integrated Farms, a Brilliant Idea – DUFARMS Deputy Director
The Deputy Director, Directorate of University Farms (DUFARMS), Mr. Michael Jaiyeola, has commended the initiative of the University Management on the establishment of the FUNAAB Model Integrated Farms. Mr. Jaiyeola disclosed this in an interview during a guided familiarisation tour by University guests. According to him, “It is a brilliant idea to have an integrated […]