Last Updated on July 17, 2025 by Olasunkanmi Olajide
By Joy Adeyiga
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) is set to host workshops under the 2025 FUNAAB-Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP), as it had earlier welcomed two African diaspora scholars from Virginia State University (VSU), Professors Richard Omotoye and Laban Rutto.
The workshops, aimed at enhancing academic and stakeholder engagement, would focus on thematic areas including farm business profitability, curriculum benchmarking, and indigenous farming practices.
The workshops were organised under the prestigious 2025 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program, reflecting FUNAAB’s commitment to deepening collaboration with African diaspora scholars to advance agricultural education and practice in Nigeria.
The series had begun with a workshop on Farm Business Profitability Improvement Practices at the Postgraduate School Auditorium, FUNAAB, and followed by FUNAAB and VSU Program-to-Program Curriculum Benchmarking on Friday, July 18, 2025 , at the Red Chamber by 9:00 a m. (hybrid). The Knowledge Sharing on Nigerian Home-Grown Indigenous Farm Practices would take place on July 23, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (hybrid).
In addition, a Vocational/Hands-on Training on Greenhouse Urban Agriculture Practices & Management is scheduled for Wednesday, July 24, 2025 at COLPLANT Lecture Hall, FUNAAB, by 9:00 a.m. (in-person).
The series would conclude with a Stakeholder Workshop on Mobilising Nigerian Agriculture Industry Stakeholders into a Partnership Framework for Repositioning the Agriculture Industry on Monday, July 29, 2025, at CEADESE New Lecture Hall by 9:00 a.m. (hybrid).
