History
The Faculty of Agriculture was established in 2001. In May 2002, the pioneer set of One hundred and nine (109) students were admitted into 100 Level for the 5-year degree programme (B.Agriculture). The Faculty took-on with three (3) Departments viz, Agricultural Economics and Extension, Agronomy and Soil Science and Animal Science. In 2009, the then Department of Agronomy was split into three (3); Agronomy, Soil Science and Crop Protection Departments. In 2014, three (3) new Departments were established (Food Science and Technology, Fisheries and Aquaculture and Forestry and Wildlife Management). These offer the following programmes respectively, B. Food Science and Technology, B. Fisheries and Aquaculture and B. Forestry and Wildlife Management, respectively. Currently, there are eight (8) academic Departments in the Faculty offering five (5) degree programmes:
B. Agriculture,
B.Sc. Agricultural Extension (a specialized programme designed for mid-career extension workers),
B. Food Science and Technology,
B. Fisheries and Aquaculture and
B. Forestry and Wildlife Management.
The following postgraduate programmes are offered: Programme Department
Postgraduate Diploma in Dryland Agriculture Domiciled in the Faculty
M.Sc Agricultural Economics
MPhil/Ph.D Agricultural Economics
M.Sc Agricultural Extension
MPhil/Ph.D Agricultural Extension
M.Sc. Agricultural Economics (Livelihood and Natural Resource Economics)
MPhil/PhD. Agricultural Economics (Livelihood and Natural Resource Economics) Agricultural Economics and Extension
Postgraduate Diploma in Irrigation Agronomy
Postgraduate Diploma in Horticulture
M Sc Agronomy
AGRICULTURE
M.Sc Agronomy
MPhil/Ph.D Agronomy
M.Sc Agronomy (Crops and Cropping Systems in the Drylands)
MPhil/Ph.D Agronomy (Crops and Cropping Systems in the Drylands)
M.Sc Plant Genetics and Breeding Agronomy
Postgraduate Diploma in Animal Science
M.Sc Animal Science
MPhil/Ph.D Animal Science
M.Sc Animal Science (Livestock Production and Range Management in African Drylands)
MPhil /Ph.D Animal Science (Livestock Production and Management in African Drylands)
• All these are with specialization in the following areas: Monogastric
Nutrition, Ruminant Nutrition, Reproductive Physiology, Pasture and Range
Management, Animal Products Processing and Handling and Animal Genetics and Breeding. Animal Science
M.Sc Crop Protection (Agricultural Entomology)
M.Sc Crop Protection (Phytomycology)
M.Sc Crop Protection (Phytobacteriology)
M.Sc Crop Protection (Phytovorology)
M.Sc Crop Protection (Phytonematology) Crop Protection
M.Sc Soil Science
MPhil/Ph.D Soil Science Soil Science
The Dean, Professor A.B. Mohammed heads the Faculty and is assisted by the Deputy Dean, Dr. Y. Garba. Other Officers of the Faculty are:
Faculty Examinations Officer: Dr. A. Lado
sub- Dean Academic: U.F. Galadanchi
sub- Dean Facilities and Environment: Dr. N.B. Sanda
IT/SIWES Co-ordinator: Z.A. Dankoli (Mrs.)
Faculty Officer: Z.T. Abubakar (Mrs.)
Message from the Dean
"It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Faculty of Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano website. The Faculty of Agriculture is one of the eighteen (18) faculties of the University which was established in 2001. The Faculty currently has eight academic Departments with over a hundred academic staff in diverse fields of study. This is complimented with about fifty (50) non-teaching staff and thirty-seven (37) technical staff. The student population is over a thousand across the undergraduate programmes with about three hundred (300) postgraduate students."
Prof. Muhd Auwal Hussaini