which emphasise planning, adaptive, technical, maintenance, developmental and productive skills in agriculture, agricultural engineering and allied profes- sional disciplines with the aim of producing socially mature persons with ca- pacity to improve on those disciplines and develop new ones, but also to con- tribute to the scientific transformation of agriculture in Nigeria; to act as agents and catalysts, through postgraduate training, research and in- (c) novation for the effective and economic utilisation, exploitation and conserva- tion of Nigeria's natural, agricultural, economic and human resources; to offer to the general population, as a form of public service, the results of (d) training and research in agriculture and allied disciplines and to foster the practical application of those results; to establish appropriate relationships with other national institutions involved (e) in training, research and development of agriculture; to identify the agricultural problems and needs of Nigeria and to find solutions (f) to them within the context of overall national development; to provide and promote sound basic scientific training as a foundation for the (g) development of agriculture and allied disciplines, taking into account indige- nous culture, the need to enhance national unity, the need to vastly increase the practical content of student training, and adequate preparation of graduates for self-employment in agriculture and allied professions; to promote and emphasise teaching, research and extension of agricultural (h) knowledge, including agriculture extension services and outreach programmes, in-service training, continuing education, and on-farm adaptive research; (i) to offer academic programmes in relation to the training of manpower for agri- culture in Nigeria; to organise research relevant to training of agriculture with emphasis on small- (j) scale farming; to organise extension services and out-reach programmes for technology trans- (k) fer; to establish institutional linkages in order to foster collaboration and integra- (I) tion of training, research, and extension activities; and to undertake any other activities appropriate for Universities of (m) Agriculture.
which emphasise planning, adaptive, technical, maintenance, developmental and productive skills in agriculture, agricultural engineering and allied profes- sional disciplines with the aim of producing socially mature persons with ca- pacity to improve on those disciplines and develop new ones, but also to con- tribute to the scientific transformation of agriculture in Nigeria; (c) to act as agents and catalysts, through postgraduate training, research and in- novation for the effective and economic utilisation, exploitation and conserva- tion of Nigeria's natural, agricultural, economic and human resources; (d) to offer to the general population, as a form of public service, the results of training and research in agriculture and allied disciplines and to foster the practical application of those results; (e) to establish appropriate relationships with other national institutions involved in training, research and development of agriculture; (f) to identify the agricultural problems and needs of Nigeria and to find solutions to them within the context of overall national development; (g) to provide and promote sound basic scientific training as a foundation for the development of agriculture and allied disciplines, taking into account indige- nous culture, the need to enhance national unity, the need to vastly increase the practical content of student training, and adequate preparation of graduates for self-employment in agriculture and allied professions; (h) to promote and emphasise teaching, research and extension of agricultural knowledge, including agriculture extension services and outreach programmes, in-service training, continuing education, and on-farm adaptive research; (i) to offer academic programmes in relation to the training of manpower for agri- culture in Nigeria; (j) to organise research relevant to training of agriculture with emphasis on small- scale farming; (k) to organise extension services and out-reach programmes for technology trans- fer; (I) to establish institutional linkages in order to foster collaboration and integra- tion of training, research, and extension activities; and (m) to undertake any other activities appropriate for Universities of Agriculture.
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