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ABOUT
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE MAKURDI
The
following commodity programmes have been delineated for research
and extension activities in the University:
-
Root
and Tubers programme
-
Cereals
and Legumes programme
-
Forestry
and Horticulture programme
-
Ruminants
programme
-
Non-
ruminants programme
-
Farming
systems programme
-
Socio-economics
programme
-
Rural
infrastructures programme
-
Agricultural
Mechanization programme
-
Environmental
and Analytical Studies programme and Food Processing and Utilization
programme.
These
commodity programmes have been organized to effectively address
the practical farming problems of the University's immediate catchment
area and the nation at large.
Training
at the University emphasizes strong foundations in the disciplines,
a broad exposure to all disciplines in agriculture, engineering
and science and the acquisition of practical skills in the agricultural
and engineering fields. Training at this University recognizes that
formal acquisition of scientific skills is necessary but not sufficient
for preparing our students to live full lives as accomplished, learned
members of an increasingly sophisticated Nigerian Society. More
fundamentally, students of this University are
taught to acquire new mental attitudes that enable them to distinguish
between the rational and the irrational, between toughed and the
bad. Students are taught to acquire new value systems that appeal
to the higher public good that will ensure happiness for all Nigerians
and mankind in general, The University will continue to develop
its institutional capacity for inculcating new mental attitudes
and independent thought systems in students that will promote objectivity
and the relentless search for truth and rationality.
Grassroots
relevance is a cardinal quest at the University of Agriculture,
Makurdi. The Cooperative Extension Centre through its training and
extension liaison services coordinates the outreach programmes.
The Centre for Food and Agricultural Strategy coordinates the public
service support in food and agriculture. The University is forging
linkages that will ensure that agricultural technologies and the
output of University research reach average small scale Nigerian
farmers, the intended beneficiaries of the University's research
and extension programmes.
Institutional
linkages are being forged with federal and state Ministries of Agriculture
and other related agencies to identify areas of collaboration and
technical support from the University. The University is already
making its presence felt in Benue State through such collaborative
programme and protects. Training programmes are being conducted
for participants from other states of the federation.
A
cardinal element of the strategy in Makurdi is the effective integration
of research, teaching and extension by which all academic staff
are expected to devote some proportion of their time to each of
these activities.
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