The new State Coordinator, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Ogun State Office, has paid a courtesy call on the Management of the University to solicit for its support in realising the mandates of the commission. Giving a brief account of FCC, the State Coordinator, Mr. Ademuyiwa Adeniran, said the commission was set up to ensure equity, fairness, justice and to give a sense of belonging to all …

The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), under the competitive Agricultural Research Grant Scheme (CARGS) funded Tomato Transformation Project in the University, has fulfilled its part of a research agreement, by presenting a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine to its collaborator in the project; the Biotechnology Advanced Laboratory, Abuja. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, t…

THEME: Strategic Plan (2014-2020): Roadmap Towards a World-Class University (i) Objectives of the Workshop The underlisted were identified as the objectives of the workshop: (a) Sensitization and mobilization of stakeholders to harvest inputs towards the generation of a new Strategic Plan for the University. (b) Setting the Agenda for a new Strategic Plan (2014 – 2020). Read more…

The Federal University of Agriculture Biotechnology Practical Training Programmes comprising: Molecular techniques in the detection of Human Food-Borne pathogens and Toxing using DNA isolation and PCR amplication Molecular diagnoses of Animals and Plant diseases- Pathogenomics Basic genomic transformation and sex reversal for improved growth in fishes. Basic genomic analysis in Plant and microbes…

The Committee on Determination of Criteria for Staff Nominations of Awards (CODOCSNAS) invites all interested members of the University community to nominate deserving staff for Research Productivity Award for Academic Staff (Senior and Junior Categories) Performance Award for Non-teaching Staff (Senior and Junior Categories)   Nominees must have spent at least 5 years in the service of the Fed…

The Vice-Chancellor, and President, Association of African Universities, Professor Olusola Oyewole had stated that FUNAAB was very experienced in managing and participating in large, multi-country research and development projects such as C:AVA I and C:AVA II. The Vice-Chancellor spoke during the Project Launch and Business Meeting of the Cassava: Adding Value to Africa II Project (C: AVA II), hel…

It was an educative, informative and interesting time, awhile ago, at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta International School (FUNIS), as students were held spellbound by the young, talented and dynamic Zuriel Oduwole, who challenged them never to give up on their dreams to attain greatness in life. Delivering a motivational talk titled, Dream Up, Speak Up and Stand Up, was the 12-yea…