The Sweetpotato for Health and Wealth in Nigeria, a project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and implemented by the International Potato Centre in six states, namely: Nasarawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kwara, and Osun, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is now in the University. During the test-running exercise of baking bread with Orange-Fl…

The Deputy Head, European Union in Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr. Richard Young, has stated that the European Union is set to collaborate with the University in three important areas, namely: Tuning, Horizon 2020 and the Erasmus plus programmes. Mr. Young, who is also an EU Minister disclosed this during a meeting he had with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor …

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 a…

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 a Sustainable Utilis…

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 in the world. Professor Okuneye made a case for reli…

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 the Assistant Chief Technical O…

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 award, 12 femal…