VC Calls for Increment in Varsity Admission Quota

According to him, while over 17,000 candidates sought admission to FUNAAB in 2011, over 24,000 applied in 2012 while over 28,000 are now seeking enrolment into the University. Professor Oyewole made the plea after inspecting designated centres for the Post-UTME examination at the University campus. The Vice-Chancellor, who expressed satisfaction at the conduct of the exercise, regretted that out …

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NUC Accredits Food Service & Tourism Programme

The National Universities Commission (NUC), has granted full accreditation to the University’s Food Service and Tourism Programme in the College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC). The accreditation is the result of the mop-up accreditation of Academic programmes exercise organized by the NUC in the University in June, 2013. The full accreditation status is valid for a period of five year…

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Improved Internet Access for Staff, Students

As University students looks forward to resumption, FUNAAB is working assiduously towards expanding Information and Communication Technology facilities to the members of staff and students of the University. According to Dr Olutayo Ajayi, Head, Information and Technology Resource Centre (ICTREC) FUNAAB is on the verge of linking up with other Universities to provide the Students’ Centric Applicati…

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IGR is Non-sustainable -FUNAAB ASUU Chairman

The Chairman of the University’s Branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Biodun Badmus, has declared that given the lean purse and prevailing economic challenges in the Country, an average Nigerian University can never be self-sustained. Fielding questions from callers on an interactive programme recently, the Associate Professor of Applied Geophysics pointed out that no go…

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Create Market Access for Farmers …Agronomists Charge Govt., Stakeholders

An Agronomist in the University’s Department of Plant Physiology and Crop Production, Dr. Akeem Oyekanmi, has stressed the need for government and other stakeholders in the nation’s agricultural sector to create market access for farmers, to enable them sell their products easily in order to maximize returns. Dr. Oyekanmi, the University’s Director, Centre for Internationalization and Partnerships…

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ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 2013/2014 POST-UTME SCREENING EXERCISE

This is to inform the general public, particularly, candidates seeking admissions into the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) for the 2013/2014 Academic Session, that the Post-UTME Screening Exercise earlier postponed has been re-scheduled to hold from Wednesday 4th to Friday 6th September, 2013 at the University Main Campus, Alabata Road, Abeokuta. Candidates are expected to ch…

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FUNAAB, Iddo LG to strike Partnership

The University and Iddo Local Government have entered into a Gown and Town relationship that will help foster collaboration, mutual growth and expansion in the areas of capacity building and agricultural development. The partnership was reached when the Care-taker Committee Chairman of Iddo Local Government, Professor Adeniyi Olowofela, paid a courtesy visit on the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluso…

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Post-Harvest Losses Worries Don …Proffers solution

Nigeria and Africa at large will continue to experience post-harvest losses except an all embracing, corrective measure is urgently put in place to stem the tide. The Director, Institute of Food Security Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR,) Professor Akin Omotayo, gave the warning during an interview in his office recently. Professor Omotayo, who was visibly worried by the …

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FUNIS Students Shine in WASSCE

Students of the Federal University of Agriculture International School (FUNIS), have demonstrated excellence in the just-concluded May/June 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, conducted by the West African Examinations Council. The results of the students, released on the official website of WAEC, were communicated to the University Management by the Acting He…

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… Gets Largest Share of Indomie Nutrition Scholarship Award

Postgraduate students of the University have won the largest share of this year’s Indomie National Post Graduate Scholarship Award by winning 8 out of the 12 slots of the scholarship Award. The scholarship, which was introduced in 2009 by Dufil Prima Food Plc, is to encourage Postgraduate students studying Nutrition and Dietetics and assist in the training of high level Nutritionists that would pr…

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Varsity Eyes Collaboration with HydroFoam

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole (Middle), with the HydroFoam Agro team Leader, Mr. Abdul Oluwole (3rd right) and other members , Dean, COLPLANT, Prof. Goke Bodunde (left), Prof. Aiyelaagbe (arrowed) and Dr. Akeem Oyekanmi , Director, CENIP (right). The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) is set to collaborate with HydroFoam Agro, for the supply of ‘Fytofoam’, a soil add…

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FUNAAB Hosts ADAPTI…Harps on Internalisation

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has disclosed that the University has put the necessary modalities in place to internationalise its classrooms, lecture theatres, staff and students, towards making the University a world-class institution. Professor Oyewole made this disclosure while declaring open the Advance Digital Appreciation Programme for Tertiary Institution (ADAPTI), organiz…

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