In the 1977/78 session, the Faculty offered a unified 4-year degree programme with one year compulsory Internship designed to promote practical exposure to students. A subsequent revised programme resulting from recent national needs and global trends led to the award of undergraduate degrees (B. Agric.) by five Departments – Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology (now Agricultural Extension & Rural Development), Animal Science (now Animal Sciences), Plant Science (now Crop Production & Protection) and Soil Science (now Soil Science and Land Resources Management) while the Department of Family, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences offers a 4-year undergraduate programme leading to B.Sc. Consumer Sciences. The teaching, research and extension facilities in the Departments are complemented by our field laboratory teaching, research and extension facilities in the OAU Teaching and Research (T&R) Farm. Our Faculty is also strongly affiliated with the Institute of Agricultural research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan.

The programmes in the various Departments are equipped and tailored to meet the challenges of the new millennium, promote entrepreneurship in our graduates as well as extend the frontiers of knowledge in the various disciplines.It is my pleasure, therefore, to welcome you to explore our website for detailed information about our Faculty programmes. Please feel free to forward your enquiry to the Dean’s office or to any of the Head of Departments. 

Professor Abiade Akeem Tijani, holds B. Agriculture (Ife) 1987; MPhil (OAU) 1992; and PhD (OAU) 1999 (Agricultural Economics).  He joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University on the 1^st December, 1992 as an Assistant Lecturer and became a full Professor of Agricultural Economics of Obafemi Awolowo University on the 1^st of October 2009. His research focuses on farm management, production economics and policy analysis. 

He had won a number of fellowships, awards and research grants such as Hezekiah Oluwasanmi prize award for the best overall student in the Department of Agric. Economics (1987), National prize for outstanding academic performance 1986/87, Marketing research grant (1996/97), Obafemi Awolowo University postgraduate fellowship award (1989/90), Obafemi Awolowo University postgraduate research grant (1998/99), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) grant (2015). He has also benefited and actively participated in a number of group Research:  African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) (2016.), TetFund National Research Fund (NRF) (2020). Professor A.A. Tijani has remained focused and committed to the three core areas of his career, which is teaching and supervision, research and service to the community. 

He has successfully supervised 6 PhD and 17 M.Sc. Students’ theses as at September 2023. He was External examiners for Undergraduate programme and Postgraduate Degrees (M.Sc. & PhD) and External Assessor for many Universities in Nigeria and abroad. He was a Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Actuarial Sciences, Crescent University, Abeokuta (Sabbatical Leave) (March 2006 to Feb. 2007), Dean, College of Social and Management Sciences, Crescent University, Abeokuta (March 2006 to Feb. 2007), Visiting Professor, University of Swaziland, Swaziland (Sept. 2013 –Aug. 2014), Visiting Professor, Lagos State University, Ojo (Feb. 2022 – Feb. 2023). Professor Tijani was the Head of Department of Agricultural Economics (August 2016 – July 2021), Vice-Dean, Faculty of Agriculture (March 2010- March 2012), Member of National University Commission (NUC) Accreditation Team, and Participant in Review of NUC Instrument for Open and Distance Learning Courses Accreditation.

At the Professional level, Prof. Tijani is an active member of Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists, Farm Management Association of Nigeria, International Association of Agricultural Economists among many others. At the community level, he has rendered unquantifiable services. Professor Tijani is a reviewer to many local and international academic Journals and has attended many learned conferences locally and internationally. He has published numerous scientifically researched articles in the field of farm management, production economics & policy analysis in reputable local and international academic journals. He is current sitting Dean- Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Olalekan Joseph SOYELU

Vice-Dean’s Profile

Olalekan Joseph SOYELU is an entomologist with specialization in Insect Physiology and Biochemistry. He received B.Agric. and M.Phil. Degrees in Plant Science from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife in 1998 and 2005, respectively and earned Ph.D. in Entomology in 2010 from the University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa. Dr. Soyelu had his postdoctoral training at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA and he is a 2013 Junior Researcher awardee of the African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES). He is actively involved in teaching, research and community development. He has a passion for practical agriculture and he continues to mentor students and farmers. He has participated in state-funded training programs which gave him opportunity to interact closely with local farmers. He is a member of several professional bodies among which are Entomological Society of America (ESA), Entomological Society of Nigeria (ESN), Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA), African Association of Insect Scientists (AAIS), International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) and Ife Biotechnology Group (IBG). He has attended learned conferences locally and internationally, and has published numerous scientific articles in reputable local and international outlets. He serves as a reviewer to many academic journals.

Mrs. E.A. Olaobaju

Secretary, Faculty of Agriculture

Mrs. E. A. Olaobaju had her Bachelor of Art Degree in Education/History and Master Degree in Public Administration. She had served in many administrative capacities in the University, such as Faculty Secretary in the Faculties of Clinical Sciences and Education as well as the Head of the Junior Staff and Welfare Establishment among others. She is currently the Faculty Secretary of the Faculty of Agriculture.

How To Use the The Essential Electronics Agricultural

The Essential Electronics Agricultural Library (TEEAL) is a compilation of the most important journal literatures in the field of Agriculture, Economics, Social Sciences, Geography and Veterinary Medicine fields chosen specifically for researchers in the developing countries.

TEEAL currently covers the years 1993 to 2017. TEEAL is a not-for-profit project of the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. USA.

Today at OAU, accessing TEEAL Database (1993-2017), please follow these guidelines:
(i) Open your favourite web browser and log in to the Internet and type: 196.27.128.16 in the address bar.
(ii) In the opening TEEAL web page, click on New User and Sign up by filling the simple Form on the page, i.e. Your Name, e-mail address, Gender, and Profession.
(iii) Then click on Submit button.

Congratulations!!! TEEAL database full web page appears. You can now search the database collections and access article abstracts and/or full-text articles in pdf-format. You only need to log in with your e-mail address in the subsequent usage ​ Library (TEEAL)