Crop Production

About the Department

The Department of Crop Production was created in 1987 to provide functional in-depth and broad based theoretical and practical knowledge that will enable graduates to effectively and profitably set up and manage their own agricultural enterprises. one year after the establishment of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology. The Department has graduated several students since its inception. They work in various fields of Agriculture, banking, Teachers/Lecturers, and others are self-employed.

The Department mounts courses that lead to the award of:

  1. Agric. Tech in Crop Production. However, in 2020, the Department of Horticulture was created out of it.

Vision

Our vision is to be a leading academic Department in the area of crop production and allied disciplines.

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.

Email:  b.yunusa@futminna.edu.ng

Dr. Ladi Yunusa BELLO was born on the 10th 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.

Activities and events including images/photos

Crop Production Students
Siwes Students with in Front SAAT Complex
(A) Nematophagous Fungi
Nematode captured by predaceous fungi
Nematodes Strangled by Nematophagous

Community services

Extension Services Programme of the school is responsible for the promotion, popularization and dissemination of relevant research findings developed by various Departments through the use of various strategic and cost-effective contact methods to the farmers and other stakeholder who need such information / training.

Admission Requirements

UTME Entry Mode

The “O” level requirements for entry into Crop Production Department through UTME is as follows: English Language, Mathematics, Biology or Agricultural Science, Chemistry and any of Geography/Physics/Economics at credit level. UTME subjects are English Language, Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry and Physics/Mathematics.

 

Direct Entry Mode

Candidates must have at least Passes in two GCE ‘A’ Level or equivalents in Chemistry and Biology plus ‘O’ Level Credit passes in at least five subjects prescribed for UTME entry mode. Holders of ND/OND and HND with a minimum of Credit Pass plus five Credits in WSCE/NECO/GCE ‘O’ Level at a maximum of two attempts are eligible for consideration for admission into 200- and 300-Level, respectively.

Research work/Grant/Patenting/Innovation

  • Research grant: Evaluation of PhD Research Supervision and Production in Nigerian University, 1999 – 2019. Ref. Number: TETF/DR & D – CE/NRF
    2020/HSS/22/VOL.1 (N16, 236,704.00 
  • Research grant: Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease: in Nigeria: Status and Pre-emptive  
    Management Practices (N 1,238,050.00). TETFUND/IBRI/2017 
  • Research grant: Cooperation for Holistic Agriculture Innovation Nests in Sub-Sahara Africa  
     (CHAIN) – Duration: 36 months. Lead applicant: HSWT, Germany. Partner countries: Kenya,  
     Nigeria, Togo, Poland, Romania and Germany (81,000 Euro (N41 Million). ERASMUS-EDU (EU)

 

STAFF LIST

 

Academic Staff

 

NAME

QUALIFICATION

RANK

KOLO GIMBA MATTHEW MUSA

B.SC, M.SC, PH.D

PROFESSOR

GANA ANDREW SABA

B.SC, M.SC, PH. D

PROFESSOR

TSADO ELI KOLO

B.SC, M.SC, PH. D

PROFESSOR

SALAUDEEN TAJUDEEN MUHAMMADU

B. TECH, M. TECH, PH. D

PROFESSOR

BELLO YUNUS LADI

B.SC, M.SC, PH. D

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

SAIDU ADAMU

B.TECH, M.TECH,PH.D

SENIOR LECTURER

DANIYA EMMANUEL

B.TECH, M.TECH,PHD

SENIOR LECTURER

YUSUF AMINA AMUDU

B.TECH, M.TECH,PHD

LECTURER I

RASHEED OYEWALE .OLAKITAN

B. AGRIC. M.SC

LECTURER I

TOLORUNSE KEHINDE DELE

B.TECH, M. TECH,PHD

LECTURER I

IBRAHIM HAMZA ALHAJI

B.AGRIC., M.SC

ASSISTANT LECTURER

BOLAJOKO MUHAMMED HAFIZ

M.TECH

ASST. LECT.

 

TECHNOLOGIST STAFF

NAMES

QUALIFICATION

RANK

Samson Michael Adaji

M. Tech, PGS, HND, ND

Chief Technologist

Rakiya Abdulsalam

HND, ND

Chief Technologist

Isah Cheniyan

HND, ND

Chief Technologist

 

 

TECHNICAL STAFF

NAMES

QUALIFICATION

RANK

Alhassan Idris Aliyu

WAEC

Principal Farm Assistant

Chekpa  Saidu Usman Ciroma

SSCE

Senior Farm Assistant

Mohammed Babajiya

Grade II

Senior Farm Assistant

Yahaya Musa Gambo

SSCE

Senior Horticultural Assistant

 

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

NAMES

QUALIFICATION

RANK

Maimuna Isa Ibrahim

Higher National Diploma (2012), Kaduna Polytechnic.

National Diploma (2008) Kaduna Polytechnic

WAEC (2005) and NABTEB (2014)

Confidential Secretary

AbdulRauf Mustapha

Higher National Diploma (20180 Niger State Polytechnic Bida

National Diploma (2009) Niger State Polytechnic Bida

WAEC and NECO (1997)

Chief Clerical Officer

 

SUMMARY OF DEPARTMENTAL STAFF LIST (Academic and Non-Teaching)

S/NO

TYPES OF STAFF

NUMBER OF STAFF

1

ACADEMIC STAFF

              12

2

NON-ACADEMIC STAFF

                9