Mission

To produce Crop Production graduates that are competent knowledgeable and skilled in all areas of Crop Production practices that can fit globally into competitive agricultural production practices.

Dr. Ladi Yunusa BELLO was born on the 10^th of April, 1962 in Erin-Ile in Oyun Local Government of Kwara State, Nigeria. He attended L. E. A., Muslim Primary School, Erin-Ile in 1971, Ilorin Grammer School in 1979 and graduated from the Department of Biological Sciences (BSc. Botany) in 1986. He later proceeded to the Department of Crop Protection for his Postgraduate Studies where he obtained M.Sc. and PhD in Crop Protection in 2002 and 2014 respectively.    

In 2005, he was employed by the Federal University of Technology in the Department of Crop Production as Assistant Lecturer. He rose through the ranks and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Crop Production in 2021. He has served proficiently in the University, and is currently the HOD of the Department of Crop Production. He has also served as: Level Adviser, Postgraduate Coordinator, and has served as a member of many Committees at the Departmental and School levels. He has researched into the use of Predaceous Fungi and botanicals for the control of plant parasitic nematodes to reduce the use of nematicides that has a detrimental effect on the environment. The control methods are eco-friendly, no residual effect on the crops and effective in reducing the population status of plant parasitic nematodes that contribute to the gross domestic reduction in vegetable productions. Dr. Yunusa Ladi Bello has supervised more than 50 undergraduate students, co-supervised eight MTech and PhD postgraduate students and successfully trained seven MTech and two PhD students in Crop Protection. Presently training Two MTech students in Crop Protection and two PhD students researching into the area of plant parasitic nematodes. He has published more than 30 peer reviewed papers in a reputable Journals and a chapter in a book on Management of Organic Wastes. He is a member of a research group on Jatropha curcas in the Federal University of Technology, Minna, member of American Phytopathological Society (APS) USA, Nigerian Society for Plant Protection (NSPP), Nigerian Society of Nematology (NISON), and Organic Agriculture Project in Tertiary Institution in Nigeria (OAPTIN). He is a sport loving and a member of the University Sport Committee. He co-ordinates student squash players for the university in which the students have made the University proud by winning medals in the Nigerian University Games (NUGA). He was a member of Niger State Sport Council Committee (2007 – 2012) and currently a bronze medalist in the last University Staff Game hosted by University of Benin. Dr. Yunusa Ladi Bello was the past Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator. Presently, HOD and 300 level advisers. He has also served as external examiner to Bello University, Zaria, Department of Crop Protection. He is a reviewer for several journals and has also served as ad-hoc staff of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) as Collation Officer, he has conducted several trainings for farmers to impart in them knowledge and skills for increased agricultural productivity for enhanced livelihood. He is married with Children.