ACE for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment

ACE for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

Contacts
Prof. Okanlawon M. Onagbesan / Prof. Oluseyi Oduguwa
Emails
onagbesanok@yahoo.com, onagbesanom@funaab.edu.ng / oduguwaoo@funaab.edu.ng
URL
http://ceadese.unaab.edu.ng

Discipline

Agriculture

Key Academic Partners

    National and international partners including:

  • University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic.
  • University of Lome, Togo
  • Njala University, Sierra Leone.
  • University of the Gambia, Banjul
  • Galilee International Management Institute, Nahala, Israel.
  • Purdue University, Indiana, USA.
  • University of Maryland, USA

Existing Industry/Private Sector Partners

  • Obasanjo Holdings, Nigeria
  • Vegefresh Company Limited, Nigeria
  • Lisabi Mills, Nigeria
  • Agrifica (Pty) Ltd/Elpasso Farms, South Africa

Education/Research/Focus Area

Flour Mills PLC, Nigeria The Centre is focused on teaching, learning and research excellence in agricultural productivity in the face of climate change challenges. The action plans to achieve these objectives are divided into two broad activities: capacity building and research projects. The capacity building programme involves introducing new post-graduate curricula leading to Master & Doctoral Degrees in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment - (MAgSE/PhD) in response to specific productivity challenges, short-term skill acquisition for industry stake holders, specialized workshops and internships. The action plan for research programme consists of partnering with 18 regional and 13 international Centres on over 100 post-graduate research projects in 6 West African countries that will be conducted with up-to-date research facilities. In addition, the Center will embark on thematic agricultural research projects of international interests targeted at mitigating climate and environmental challenges in the sub-region. The research project activity is divided into 5 disciplines: agricultural policy development, agricultural mechanization, crop improvement and seed enterprise development, livestock production, food processing research and hydrology. The curriculum for the ACE was arrived at based on initial needs assessment from interactions among the main partnering institutions in Nigeria and the other Five (5) regional countries.