Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension Services (AEE)

Dr. (Mrs) M.J. Koyenikan (Ag. Head of Department Economics & Ext Services)

PHILOSOPHY OF THE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & EXTENSION SERVICES
The department has two option degrees
OPTION A: DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Mission Statement
To play a pivotal role in the current effort aimed at the diversification of the Nigerian economy by facilitating the evaluation of a highly modernized and sustainable agri-business environment that would harness the nation’s available natural resource endowments from farm to table, so as not only to ensure food sufficiency for the ever increasing Nigerian population, but also to meet the needs and desires of present and future generations globally.

Vision

The Department is poised to turn competent manpower in Agricultural Economics, Farm Management, Agricultural marketing, project appraisal, agricultural extension communication and administration as well as Agricultural Cooperatives and rural development. To this end, the department wishes to break into two as follows

(i) Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
(ii) Department of Extension and Rural Sociology Mission To make an effective contribution in the area of capacity building and skills development and application in the immediate community through teaching and research in agriculture and rural development

Goals and objectives
In the next ten years, we will work to attain the following goals and objectives:
(i) To build students’ capacity in the areas of farm management and quantitative techniques;
(ii) To turn out self-reliant productive graduates in agribusiness management;
(iii) To improve the responsiveness of agricultural information dissemination
(iv) To develop schemes for mobilizing agribusiness operators/entrepreneurs into cooperative societies as a means of poverty alleviation
(v) To develop skills for applying economics resource allocation in agricultural production
(vi) To produce graduates who will profitably put their skills into operation by establishing/operating their own agribusiness
(vii) To provide advisory services in farming
(viii) To enhance capacity and capabilities in agribusiness, product development and utilization.

AGRICUTURAL EXTENSION POSTERS,STATISTICAL AND MEDIA LABORATORY