The Nigerian Institute for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS), recently held a sensitisation workshop for non-members with a view to encouraging them to become members. The immediate past Dean, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD), Professor Segun Apantaku, in a presentation titled, “Sensitisation of Non-Members and Benefits of NIFAAS”,  emphasised the aims of N…

Necessary arrangements have been put in place by the University Management to ensure that the welfare and security of students are adequately provided for, as they resume for another academic session. According to the Dean of Student Affairs; Professor Yemi Akegbejo-Samsons, “You will recall that the University went through some crises that had to do with the security of our off-campus students an…

Two members of staff in the University, Dr. Adefunke Ayinde of the Department of Agricultural Administration, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD), and Dr. Adebukunola Lala of the Institute of Food Security Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), have won the Climate Impacts Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) Visiting Fellowshi…

The University has added another valuable asset to its research kitty through the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine (COLVET). This time around, the generosity is coming from the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. Speaking at the handing-over of the equipment, the Consul-General of the German Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Ingo Herbert…

A Professor of Agronomy in the Department of Crop Physiology and Crop Production, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT) of the University, Professor Kehinde Okeleye, has expressed his support for government's policy banning the importation of rice, stressing that the country does not have any business importing rice. According to the University Don, who is the immediate past Vice…

Researchers and experts in the University have advised governments at all levels in the country to develop good road networks, provide electricity, storage facilities and formulate good policies for the agricultural sector, to boost food security and reduce hunger in the land. According to Professor Lateef Sanni of the Department of Food Science and Technology, any government’s intervention should…

A Professor of Agricultural Engineering in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering (COLENG) of the University, Professor Emmanuel Ajisegiri, has called on researchers in Nigeria to embark on problem-focused researches, as a panacea to solving the myriads of challenges confronting the nation.Professor Ajisegiri disclosed this while speaking on his research contributions t…