The School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT) was established in January 1986 with two Departments (Animal Production and Crop Production) and four pioneer academic staff (Dr. Z. Stecki, Dr. S. Plonka, Mr. E. K. Tsado and Mr S. L. Lamai). With subsequent development, six more departments (i) Soil Science and Land Management (ii) Water Resources, Aquaculture and Fisheries Technology (iii) Agricultural Economics and Farm Management (iv) Agricultural Extension and Rural Development (v) Food Science and Technology, and (vi) Horticulture were created. The Department of Soil Science and Land Management, formerly known as Department of Soil Science, started as a Unit under the Department of Crop Production in1987 and attained full status as a Department in 1988. The Department of Fisheries Technology started in 1987 as a Unit in the Department of Animal Production which transformed into the Department of Animal Production and Fisheries Technology in 1989 and was split into Department of Animal Production and Department of Fisheries Technology in 1991. The Department was then repackaged and renamed Department of Water Resources, Aquaculture and Fisheries Technology in 2006.
A new Unit, Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology was created during the 1997/1998 session under the Department of Crop Production. In 2002, the Unit was separated from the mother Department and upgraded to a full-fledged Department which in turn gave birth to the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management and the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development in 2017. In 1997, the proposed Department of Food Science and Nutrition took off as a Unit in the Department of Animal Production and became a full-fledged Department of Food Science and Technology in 2013. Similarly replica rolex submariner watches, the Horticulture Unit in the Department of Crop Production became a separate Department of Horticulture in 2020. In 2019, the Vice-Chancellor approved an interim Centre for Shea Research and Development. Prof. K.M. Baba was appointed as pioneer Centre Coordinator while a Technical Committee which serves as a Board for the Centre was also constituted with Prof. M.A.T. Suleiman as Chairman to provide policy and strategy direction for the Centre.
The student intake into the school at inception in 1986 was two (one student each for Department of Animal Production and Department of Crop Production) and both graduated in 1989. Since then, the School has witnessed tremendous progress in terms of staff recruitment and development, infrastructural development and student enrolment. In the current 2019/2020 session, academic staff strength is 115 and student population stands at 2,895 for undergraduates and 314 for postgraduate students, totaling 3,209 students.
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Extension Services Programme of the school is responsible for promotion, popularization and dissemination of relevant research findings developed by various Departments through the use of various strategic and cost-effective contact method to the farmers and other stakeholder who need such information / training.
