Prof. Adegbenga Emmanuel Adekoya

Welcome Address

The College welcomes you to FUNATO where the dreams of an all round agricultural development for the nation is being realised through total value chain inclusion and enhancement. The college harnesses potentials of practitioners, transforming these into combination of skills that facilitate delivery of healthy production systems for community members. Agriculture is converted to simple and interesting activities that are rewarding as well as anchoring beneficial livelihoods.

The array of programmes in the College are focused on transforming existing perceptions, knowledges and skills about agriculture to new heights that harness technology and tools which neutralize drudgeries and promote sustainable practices with a blend of health, environment and policy concerns, thereby elevating programmes to livelihood activities.

With a blend of well designed interactions, outreach engagements and field activities facilitated by modern tools and approaches, our academic programmes promise to impact visions and skills that will eventually produce entrepreneurs and value chain actors capable of rising to the demands of food, agriculture and national development. The Departments are designed to work synergistically in molding the next generation of value chain actors that will fly the flags of the various aims of respective Department. The College is a turning point in Agricultural Development for the state, nation and continent.

Profile

Professor A. E. Adekoya is a thoroughbred Agricultural Extensionist with vast experience as a practitioner, lecturer and mentor to many who are also at the level of mentors to more. He holds a B.Agric degree from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), M.Sc and Ph.D from University of Ibadan and P.G.D.E. from University of Ilorin. He has been a lecturer in the University of Ibadan for several years, where he served as Chair, Practical Year Training Programme, Sub-Dean Post Graduate to the Faculty, Head of Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development and rising to the highest level of becoming a Professor in 2010.

Prof. Adekoya is a community development expert where he displays exceptional skills in planning and community engagement. He is very well known in Ile-Ogbo in Osun State, Ipole-Iloro in Ekiti State, Imini in Oyo State, and Coastline communities of Ghana (studying environmental impact) where he has been particularly active in research and development.

His research insights revealed the lack of involvement of the grassroot in policy development leading to weak adoption and unrealizable goals, thus he developed interest in policy engagement and stakeholder inclusion in the policy process. He is a co-Principal Investigator at Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (www.pilafui.org), an organisation that connects value chain stakeholders with policy makers and initiates policy processes. He is also a member of the Board of African Network of Agricultural Policy Institutes which is headquartered in Zambia.

Prof. Adekoya has always believed, from his early days, on the need to utilize the internet for reaching farmers and he described this in one of his numerous publications titled "Cyber Extension". He worked with IITA to establish farmers' working groups in Ago-Are and Tede areas whereby farmers were trained to access the internet through web services sited in Ago-Are town hall. Farmers were able to communicate with a help desk in IITA on farm challenges, input prices and product marketing.

Professor Adekoya has supervised 19 Ph.D graduates, some already professors, and many graduate and post graduate students.

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D in Agricultural Extension, University of Ibadan
• M.Sc in Agricultural Extension, University of Ibadan
• P.G.D.E (Postgraduate Diploma in Education), University of Ilorin
• B.Agric, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University)

Professional Memberships

• Member, Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
• Member, Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team
• Member, Ecological Society of Nigeria
• Member, Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria
• Board Member, African Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (Zambia)

Notable Achievements & Recognitions

• Professor of Agricultural Extension since 2010
• Former Head of Department, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan
• Former Sub-Dean Post Graduate, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan
• Former Chair, Practical Year Training Programme, University of Ibadan
• Supervised 19 Ph.D graduates (some now Professors)
• Co-Principal Investigator, Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Security (PILAF)
• Board Member, African Network of Agricultural Policy Institutes
• Pioneer of Cyber Extension concept for reaching farmers via internet
• Collaborated with IITA on farmers' internet access programmes

International Affiliations

• Michigan State University, USA
• Purdue University, USA
• University College Dublin, Ireland
• Universities in Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia

Departments Under This College

Contact Information

Quick Facts

Office Hours