University Of Agriculture, Makurdi
The University of Agriculture in Makurdi (UAM) is a higher education institution in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
The University was established in 1988, following from the recommendations of a 1987 Federal Government White Paper on Higher Education curriculum and development in Nigeria. The current Vice-Chancellor is Professor E. I. Kucha
In general, the objective of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi is to put in place a properly integrated system of teaching, research and extension toward appropriate technology creation, transfer and utilization in Nigerian agriculture. This objective has several specific elements:
- generating high-yielding crop varieties and livestock breeds as well as other efficient agricultural technologies that are sufficiently adapted and relevant to local environments;
- accelerating the diffusion and mass adoption of new technologies on Nigerian farms through effective linkages with state extension services,
- sensitizing researchers to the pressing needs of farmers, agro-industrialists and consumers with respect to production, processing and utilization technologies;
- bringing the fruits of science to the farm-gate in the form, amounts and time that farmers need them most;
- bringing the fruits of science to the doorsteps of agro-industrial establishments in the form, amount and time they are needed most;
- bringing to the attention of agricultural researcher pressing problems on farmers' fields with minimum delay;
- training needed manpower that is consistent with the requirements of an integrated national research-extension system; and
- assisting in substantially raising farm output and incomes of Nigerian farmers as well as marketed quantities of food and fibre.
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