The immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Professor Toyin Arowolo, has received the Meritorious Award of the College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM), of the University. Speaking at the occasion, the Dean of COLERM, Professor Clement Adeofun, outlined the immense contributions of the awardee to the development of the College and the University, describing Professor Arowol…

The Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), is set to train 90 Academic Staff on data analysis before the end of the year. The Director of the Institute, Professor Akin Omotayo disclosed this at a 3-Day Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and the SAS Analytical Package (SAS), held recently at the Computer Laboratory of the Information and…

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), has shortlisted the University as a hosting institution for the Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE), Sub-Saharan African Programme. The shortlisting was communicated to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole by the Acting Head, Department of Water Resources Management and Agrometerology, Dr. Gideon Ufoegbune. Dr. Ufoe…

The FUNAAB/KNUST/DfID/ARCN/BRITISH COUNCIL TOMATO RESEARCH PROJECT has witnessed some major events in the recent past. The project strives to be of relevance through the research activities conducted by both undergraduate and postgraduate students, organization of scientific workshops or seminars, and maintenance of tomato germplasm collection.…

1.  Vice-Chancellor’s Visitation and Inspection of Project Equipment and Screen house. On the 12th of February, 2014, the project hosted the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. O. B. Oyewole who came to inspect and commission recently acquired laboratory equipment and screen house. In the Vice-Chancellor’s entourage were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Pro…

1.  Promise Fulfilled : Presentation of PCR Machine to Biotechnology Advanced Laboratory, SHESTCO, Abuja.In keeping up with ethics of research collaboration, the FUNAAB/KNUST/DfID/ARCN/BRITISH COUNCIL TOMATO RESEARCH PROJECT fulfilled a pledge made at the inception of the project by inviting the research collaborator, the Biotechnology Advanced Laboratory, to come for the promised Polymerase Chain…

In keeping up with the mandate of applying biotechnology to solving plant pathological problems, the FUNAAB/KNUST/DfID/ARCN/BRITISH COUNCIL TOMATO RESEARCH PROJECT has deliberately maintained a working relationship with some biotechnological organizations. Two representatives of INQABA Biotech South Africa (Dr. Jane Wright and Mr. Lukman Aroworamimo) were in the Project Laboratory to interact with…

An output of FUNAAB/KNUST/DfID/ARCN/BRITISH COUNCIL TOMATO RESEARCH PROJECT is the Tomato Germplasm Collection Centre located in the Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, COLPLANT, FUNAAB. The Centre holds 150 accessions of tomato collected from countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and USA. This is in addition to 43 hybrids that are still undergoing selection process.  Over the years, the Project has made…

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta through the Directorate of Grants Management announces A 3-DAY INTENSIVE TRAINING WORKSHOP ON:TITLE: PROPOSAL WRITING, GRANTS SOURCING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYDATE: 5th - 7th August, 2014VENUE: International Scholar Resource Centre (ISRC), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta.(FUNAAB). Nigeria For further details, download the training flyer here…

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It is my great pleasure to welcome all to the meeting of the University Congregation holding in June 2014. The first thing I want to do is to appreciate God and give Him glory for His grace and mercies upon us in the past two years. Let me also express my appreciation to the staff, students, families of our staff, our communities, our traditional rulers, the government, all our stakeholders, and i…

We have broken the once a year Biotechnology training into several aspects of the field to allow more people to benefit from its application in Nigeria. Download the training Schedule…