The World Bank-sponsored project, under the auspices of the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), in conjunction with the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, recently held its maiden Project Workshop, in Accra, Ghana. It which was aimed at promoting efficient and proven drying technologies for sustainable food security and poverty […]

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The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, recently challenged researchers and participants at a conference to brainstorm on the strategies to entrench the use of organic agriculture in the nation’s agricultural production system and education curricula. Represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Professor Kolawole Salako, at the 9th National Conference on Organic Agriculture, the Vice-Chancellor said that […]

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Nigerians have been given a ray of hope that agriculture can restore the country into global economic reckoning if the Universities of Agriculture are fully empowered to achieve their mandates, goals and objectives. This was the crux of the papers titled The Role of Universities of Agriculture in Fostering Innovation for Inclusive Development and Universities […]

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As a fall-out of the several meetings held in the past, to foster partnership between the University and Arewa Cotton and Allied Company Limited, the Management of the two institutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), heralding a formal collaboration in areas of research and cultivation of cotton in commercial scale in the Southwest […]

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Dr. Uwemedimo Ekpo, the Head, Department of Biological Sciences of the University, is making a breakthrough in his research activities to the admiration of the international community. Dr. Ekpo’s research interest, led to the development of a Geostatistical Model on all the available data on Schistosomiasis, a disease which causes enormous human suffering as it […]

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The Director of the  University’s Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Professor Akin Omotayo, has decried that nation’s low rate of agricultural growth and its resultant poor contributions to development. Professor Omotayo stated this recently while delivering a paper titled Rethinking Institution Capacity and Governance, at the National Symposium of the Sustainable […]

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The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has encouraged Nigerians to cultivate the habit of eating cassava bread, which he noted is safe, delicious and nutritious. Professor Oyewole made this call at the 37th Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), held recently at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, […]

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The Google Ambassador of the University, Mr. Mosopefoluwa Adefuyi, has hinted that FUNAAB on Google map would enhance the visibility of the University and help achieve its vision of going global. Adefuyi made this disclosure during a training programme held recently for students on Google mapping in the University. According to the 300 level student […]

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A programme, tagged The DREAM Project, is now available for students in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, as well as staff members to undertake a mobility period, or full degree, in some of the best universities in Europe. Scholarships are available for Master and Doctorate students and also for staff members (Academic and […]

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