Agronomists are concerned with the principles and practices of field crop production and the conservation of soils and land resources. The aim of this programme is therefore to prepare crop production graduates to go into a working environment as qualified professionals who would be required to solve diverse plant production-related problems. As agronomist, they will spend most of their energy thinking through problems and providing solutions to crop production, soil conservation and land management problems. They will also be interacting with and providing information and important advice to people of diverse backgrounds. The program is therefore designed to give the graduates the fundamentals required to increase their knowledge base and reasoning power, the platform for directional development and skills required for them to enter the crop production farming sector as knowledge and professional workers with ability to create intellectual property, to produce knowledge products and to create value for their employers at production, exploration, research, innovation and technical platforms.
Areas of emphasis include crop production and protection, plant breeding, nutrient management, and soil conservation and fertility. Education in this program emphasizes the principles of plant and soil management and the basic sciences upon which these principles are grounded. The aim is also to produce graduates who can grow into management or enter other industries where the knowledge of plant production, plant breeding, crop protection and soil fertility and conservation are of primary benefit.

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