SOGREDEN Holds Maiden National Workshop

The first national workshop, organized by the Society for Grassland Research and Development in Nigeria (SOGREDEN), was held recently at the National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The workshop, which was attended by Pasture scientists from the country had as its theme: Grassland Resources: Tool for Empowerment and Food Security. The President […]

FUNAAB Microfinance Bank Gets New Manager

For enhanced and better service delivery, the University has appointed a new Manager for its Microfinance Bank. He is Mr Abimbola Adewale. The new manager holds a Higher National Diploma in Accounting, Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management and Master of Business Administration, from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Mr. Adewale is a member of the […]

FUNAAB Graduate Wins NUDTAS Awards

A Doctorate Degree graduate in the Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Technology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta(FUNAAB), Ayoni Surajudeen Ogunbayo has won the Nigerian Universities Doctoral Thesis Award Scheme (NUDTAS), instituted by the National Universities Commission. The NUC, in a letter signed by Dr (Mrs) Ruqqayat Gurin, and addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of FUNAAB, […]

VC Harps on Integrated Water Resources Management

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has challenged researchers and participants at the just-concluded regional training workshop on Climate Change and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in South-West Nigeria, to come up with far-reaching findings that could mitigate the effects of climate change and develop the water resource capabilities of the country. The Vice-Chancellor, speaking at […]

FUNAAB, Others Embark On Cancer Awareness Campaign

The University’s Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) and the FUNAAB Heath Centre, in collaboration with the Family Resources and Youth Foundation International; the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta; and the Primary Health Centre, Osiele; recently embarked on a Cancer Awareness Campaign, to sensitize market men and women on the deadly disease. The campaign, which […]

FUNDING

In compliance with directives from the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment (FMTI) Budget Office, with effect from 2nd January, 2013, SIWES Allowances are now paid directly through electronic payment system to students who have been verified and found eligible. Supervisory Allowances are also paid directly by ITF into the University’s SIWES Bank Account.

FUNAAB Becomes World Bank Centre of Excellence

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), is  now one of the World Bank’s Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) in  Agriculture. The University was chosen after a rigorous desk evaluation exercise, which was followed by a site evaluation by the ACE Project Steering Committee, which held its final selection meeting in Dakar, Senegal recently. A […]

Sharpen Your IT Skills – Google Ambassador Charges Students

The Google Student Ambassador (GSA) of the University, Mr. Mosopefoluwa Adefuye, has charged students in the nation’s ivory towers to sharpen their skills in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and make use of Google applications in their educational pursuits. Adefuye, a 300-level student in the Department of Electrical/Electronics Engineering gave the advice […]

UDESWA Holds Inaugural Project Workshop  

The World Bank-sponsored project, under the auspices of the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), in conjunction with the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, recently held its maiden Project Workshop, in Accra, Ghana. It which was aimed at promoting efficient and proven drying technologies for sustainable food security and poverty […]

Environmental Unit Sends-forth Staff

The University’s Environmental Unit has been described as essential and strategic to the development and smooth running of the system. The former Chairman, Security Committee, Professor Babatunde Kehinde, disclosed this at the send-forth party, organised in honour of retired security officers attached to the Environmental Unit of FUNAAB. According to him, safety and peace, which […]

College Seeks Partnership with FUNAAB

Authorities of the Ifo College of Management and Technology, recently paid a working visit to the University to explore the possibility of collaboration, by providing Direct Entry admission for students of the College. According to the Rector, Dr Bola Dawodu, the College desires that its graduates with good results should be given Direct Entry admission. […]

NITDA to Assist FUNAAB in Building Staff Web Portal

With its drive towards attaining the status of a world class institution, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), is ready to partner the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in developing its Project Team on Staff Web Portal. This was disclosed at an interactive session on the project between officials of the University, which […]