FUNAAB Students Undertake Study Tour Of FUTA Forestry Plantation Site

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Undertake study tour at the FUTA Forestry Plantation Site as part of the requirements of their Industrial Training Program.

The Federal University of Technology, Akure ,FUTA has hosted  400 level students of the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta ,FUNAAB at the FUTA Forestry Plantation Site  as part of the requirements of their Industrial Training Program. The camping exercise at FUTA commenced on Sunday, 30th of July and ended  on Saturday, 5th of August 2023.

 The Vice Chancellor ,Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji, while on a visit to the site ,commended the students for  their admirable comportment and  also for diligently applying themselves to learning from  the tutors placed in charge of the exercise such as Professor Shadrach Akindele, Professor Segun Oladoye among others. She commended the efforts and contribution of Professor Shadrach Akindele and the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT) for their unflinching commitment to fulfilment of the core mandates of the university which are Teaching, Research and use of  Research to impact the community.

 Professor Shadrach Akindele expressed appreciation to  the Vice Chancellor for her support and making out time to check in on the students. He said it has been his utmost pleasure in embarking on the exercise with the students of FUNAAB and expressed optimism  that the students would not go back empty handed as they have been taught and seen so much that the institution has to offer.

Professor Segun Oladoye, speaking on behalf of the 97 students from the department of Forestry and Wildlife Management (FUNAAB) appreciated the Vice Chancellor and her Team, which included Deputy Vice Chancellor , Academic Professor Taiwo Amos and the Dean , School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology , Professor Oluwatooyin Osundahunsi , for  welcoming them with open arms. He also expressed his gratitude to Professor Akindele for being a father and a mentor throughout their stay in the university and for making the study tour  worthwhile, educative ,eventful and enlightening.

 The students while  talking about their experience said that through the camping exercise they have been exposed to many things FUTA  has to offer in that area of study. They were particularly enthralled by the camping inventories and practical exercises  which entailed  forest measurement to determine the number of trees available in a particular area and  the amount of carbon dioxide a tree has taken from the atmosphere.

The students were also taught how to use GIS (Geographic Information System) for marking and taking measurements of areas like large hectares of land and  database development and analytic and how to use google hearts amongst other things.

MySchoolNews reporting.