Uniben Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension Services

Vision
The Department is poised to provide competent manpower in Agricultural Economics, Farm Management, Agricultural marketing, project appraisal, agricultural extension communication and administration as well as Agricultural Cooperatives and rural
development. 

To this end, the department wishes to break into two as
follows.

(i) Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm
Management

(ii) Department of Extension and Rural Sociology
Mission

To make effective contribution in the area of capacity building and
skills development and application in the immediate community
through teaching and research in agriculture and rural development.

Goals and objectivesIn the next ten years, we will work to attain the following goals
and objectives:

(i) To build students capacity in the areas of farm
management and quantitative techniques;

(ii) To turn out self reliant productive graduates in
agribusiness management;

(iii) To improve responsiveness of agricultural information
dissemination

(iv) To develop schemes for mobilizing agribusiness
operators/entrepreneurs into cooperative societies as a
means of poverty alleviation

(v) To develop skills for applying economics resource
allocation in agricultural production

(vi) To produce graduates who will profitably put their
skills into operation by establishing/ operating their
own agribusiness

(vii) To provide advisory services in farming

(viii) To enhance capacity and capabilities in agribusiness,
product development and utilization.