The University has enjoyed another official partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). This time around, as a National Agricultural Research Partner for Southwest, Nigeria, for the development of African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI), for the next five years. The University’s team is led by the immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Profes…

The International Conference is to be hosted by Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria between November 20th – 25th, 2016 under the Theme: Delivering Innovative Approaches in Food, Health and Well-being for sustainable Livelihood. The Conference seeks: To create an International platform to stimulate scientific and interdisciplinary research in food science and human eco…

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has conveyed the gratitude of the Governing Council, Senate, Management, Staff and Students to the two Deputy Vice-Chancellors that have just completed their tenures in office, for their contributions to the development of the University. They are: Professor Adekojo Waheed, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor Felix Salako, Deputy Vice-Cha…

University Dons have charged Nigerian farmers to embrace the rearing of KALAWAD goats for optimal meat production in the nation as well as the inclusion of poly-unsaturated fatty acid in the feeding of the West African Dwarf Goat in order to obtain optimum productivity of the West African Dwarf Does and Kids. The first call was made by Professor Bamidele Oluwatosin, a Programme Leader and Ruminan…

The University has held its 51st Inaugural Lecture and the 2015/2016 Academic Session Matriculation Ceremony. During the Inaugural Lecture, the need for Nigeria to evolve sustainable local engineering designs that would bring about rapid transformation was stressed. This was the submission of Professor Adeniyi Olayanju, an expert in Agricultural Mechanisation in the College of Engineering (COLENG)…

Introduction As part of its strategy in nation building, Nigeria has invested in tertiary education to cultivate the intellect and character of its work force with the view to raising the banners of excellence higher and higher in Nigeria. Year after year, the number of tertiary institutions keeps increasing. To date there are 139 Universities in Nigeria[40 Federal, 40 State, 59 Private] (NUC, 201…

In a bid to improve the nutritional well-being of school-age children, a Food Technologist with the University's Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Dr. Abiodun Adeola, has developed an enriched biscuit that is rich in protein and micro-nutrients, which are essential for their growth. According to him, "my research is a Tertiary Education T…