It is my pleasure to welcome you to the website of the Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile–Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The Faculty of Agriculture is one of the first five faculties with which the University started with, in 1962. Prior to 1981, the Faculty offered a unified 4-year degree programme in General Agriculture leading to the award of B.Sc. (Agriculture) degree. However starting from the 1981/82 academic session, the Faculty started the 5-year undergraduate degree progammes of B. Agric. (Agric Economics), B. Agric. (Agric Extension & Rural Sociology), B. Agric. (Animal Science),  B. Agric. (Plant Science) and B. Agric. (Soil Science), representing the   subject matter areas of the five Departments in the Faculty of Agriculture.  The various programmes have carefully designed to enable our graduates function effectively in the labour market or develop as self-sustaining entrepreneurs in agricultural production and agro-allied enterprises. The Faculty of agriculture also had a B.Sc. (Home Economics) programme which had specialized options in Foods & Nutrition, Resource Management and extension Child Development and Family Relations as spell as Textiles and Clothing, Housing and Design.
         
The different programmes have in response to the dynamics of change in the international agricultural scene, and the evolving social needs of Nigeria, been redesigned and indeed our various departments have metamorphosed in the 2006/2007 academic session.  They now are as follows:

These Departments have appropriate complement of subject matter staff specialists for the various programmes and the staff specialists are also involved in research and development in diverse areas of agriculture.  We also have a farmer outreach programme in some villages in Ife East Local Government and Ede North Local Government Areas.

Our Faculty publishes a journal, the Ife Journal of Agriculture. The Journal was founded in 1979 to serve as a medium for publishing primary scientific research papers in any field of agriculture; but also publishes review articles, theoretical papers concerned with agricultural development in the tropical world and book reviews.

MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE DEAN'S OFFICE

	PROFESSOR T.A. OKUSAMI B.Sc. Agric. (Hons.),M. Phil. Soil Science (Pedology),Ph.D. Soil Science (Pedology)	DEAN OF THE FACULTY
	B.Agric.  (Agric.Economics) M.Phil (Agric. Economics) Ph.D. (Agric.Economics)	VICE DEAN OF THE FACULTY

	FACULTY SECRETARY
A.O AYENI (Mrs.), B.A (Ife)	SENIOR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR / ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER I
E.M OLUWADIYA (Mrs.)	CHIEF CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY
G.O OLADOSU	CHIEF TYPIST

M.SANUSI (Mrs.)	SENIOR TYPIST
O.F OGUNTOYE	HIGHER TECHNICAL OFFICER
R.A ADEBOYE (Mrs.)	HIGHER TECHNICAL OFFICER
B. KOLADE	WORKSHOP SUPERVISOR
J.B AMOO	SUP. DRIVER.
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