Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension |
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION
B.Agric. (Agricultural Economics and Farm Management)
PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES
PHILOSOPHY
The programme is established to produce first rate Agricultural Economists with a broad based training in agricultural sciences. At the end of the programme its graduate will be equipped with a strong sense of ethical responsibility to provide solutions to problems of the agricultural industry. The programme is designed to equip her graduates with sound diagnostic measures, updated techniques of analysis of economic resource utilization and efficiency. In addition to development of result oriented research, the programme provides avenues for developing and broadening of the entrepreneurial horizon of graduates
OBJECTIVES
The programme is expected to produce graduates who are capable of
(i) having comprehensive theoretical knowledge, practical skills and demonstration required for engaging in productive and economic agricultural production and the capacity to take up employment anywhere in Nigeria and the world at large;
(ii) possessing sufficient technical, productive and entrepreneurial skills involved in production and research in any aspect of agriculture and other related disciplines;
(iii) using the necessary skills and competence in applying economic principles to provide relevant and appropriate solutions to agricultural developmental problems;
(iv) being relevant to the modern day industry and the society and contributing effectively to national development goals in agriculture;
(v) being self employable and self reliant by putting to use the acquired skills and creating jobs.
A. LIST OF COURSES BY LEVELS
100 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide courses
200 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Entries plus the following:
Course Code Course Title Credit(s)
AGE 211 Introduction to Statistics and Field
Experimentation 2
300 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Courses plus the following:
AGE 377 Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Economics and Extension 2
400 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Courses
500 LEVEL
AGE 510 Agricultural Production Economics 3
AGE 511 Agricultural Planning and Farm Project Analysis 3
AGE 512 Statistics and Research Methods 3
AGE 517 Computer Application in Agriculture 3
AGE 518 Agricultural Business and Cooperatives 3
AGE 519 Resource Economics in Agriculture 3
AGE 523 Agricultural Marketing and Trade 3
AGE 524 Econometrics in Agriculture 3
AGE 525 Microeconomics in Agriculture 3
AGE 526 Macroeconomics in Agriculture 3
AGE 527 Policy and Development in Agriculture 3
AGE 528 Agricultural Finance 3
AGE 598 Seminar 2
AGE 599 Research Project 5
B. SUMMARY OF DEPARTMENTAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND FARM MANAGEMENT
(No. of credits in brackets)
100 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Requirements
200 LEVEL
CORE:
AGR 210(1), AGR 220(1), AGR 221(2), AES 230(3), AGE 210(2), AGE 211(2), AGE 220(3), ANF 210(2), CRP 210(3), CRP 211(2), FET 210(3), GST 201(2), GST 216(1), GST 228(2).
Total 29 Credits
ELECTIVES:
Students are advised to register for not less than 1 credit from the following courses: AES 220(2), ANF 211(2), ANF 220(2), ANF 221(2), ANF 222(2), CRP 212(2), CRP 220(2), CRP 221(2), CRP 222(2), FET 220(3), FST 213(1) and any other relevant ones with the permission of the Head of Department.
300 LEVEL
CORE:
AGR 310(1), AGR 320(1), AES 310(2), AES 320(3), ANF 310(2), ANF 311(2), AGE 310(3), AGE 320(3), AGE 321(2), AGE 377(2), CRP 310(2), CRP 313(3), GST 301(1), GST 302(1).
Total 28 Credits
ELECTIVES:
Students are advised to register for not less than 2 credits from the following courses: ANF 313(2), ANF 314(2), ANF 315(2), ANF 320(2), ANF 321(2), ANF 322(2), CRP 320(2), CRP 321(2), CRP 311(2), CRP 312(2), CRP 314(2), CRP 322(2), CRP 323(2), FET 313(2) and any other relevant ones with the permission of the Head of Department.
400 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Requirements
500 LEVEL
CORE:
AGE 510(3), AGE 512(3), AGE 524(3), AGE 519(3), AGE 525(3), AGE 526(3), AGE 528(3), AGE 598(2), AGE 599(5).
Total 28 Credits
ELECTIVES:
Students are advised to register for at least 2 credits from the following courses: AGE 511(3), AGE 517(3), AGE 518(3), AGE 523(3), AGE 527(3), AES 513(3), AES 520(3) and any other relevant ones with the permission of the Head of Department.
C. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
100 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries
200 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries plus the following:
AGE 211 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND FIELD EXPERIMENTATION 3 Credits
The nature of statistics and statistical methods; definition and scope of field experimentation; statistical terms and notations; methods of data collection and presentation; measures of location and central tendency; measures of dispersion or spread; elementary probability theory; measures of association.
30h(T);45h(P);C.
300 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries plus the following:
AGE 377 ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION 2 Credits
Agriculture as a vocation; Entrepreneurship and agriculture. Innovative ways of making money through agricultural enterprises. Introduction and operation of the capital market; benefits of investing in quoted companies; concept of capital market efficiency; time management, financial management, factors to be considered in starting up a business, modern technologies for entrepreneurial development, standardization and quality control; hands-on practical exposure of students to different types of small-scale businesses, jobs, services etc.; value additions to agricultural products (time, space and form), to turn them into economic advantage; consultancy. Students would be made to write essay on special topics in areas of their entrepreneurial interest.
15h(T);45h(P);C.
400 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries
500 LEVEL
AGE 510 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ECONOMICS 3 Credits
Introduction to production economics; theory of production; cost functions; production functions; Resource use efficiency in traditional agriculture; decision making under risk and uncertainty in agriculture; supply response in agriculture; farm planning and Linear Programming.
45h(T);C.
AGE 511 AGRICULTURAL PLANNING AND FARM PROJECT ANALYSIS 3 Credits
Conceptual framework of Agricultural Planning and Projects; Project analysis; Measure of Project worth; Comparing costs and benefits; Financial Analysis considerations for agricultural projects; Farm Investment Analysis; cash flow procedures; farm and other resource valuation; case studies and practical problems of project evaluation.
45h(T).
AGE 512 STATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODS 3 Credits
Review of statistics, sampling theory; Design of experiments and analysis of variance; Estimation; Decision theory; Research methods: definition of science, basic element of scientific methods, the process of scientific enquiry, reporting research.
45h(T);C.
AGE 517 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE 3 Credits
Information Technology (IT) in information production, storage and Retrieval; IT in communication, output generation and delivery; IT and Automation in agriculture; Applications in agricultural production and marketing, consumption and product utilization.
45h(T).
AGE 518 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS AND COOPERATIVES 3 Credits
Meaning and concept of business management; Business decision making tools and procedures; marketing of agribusiness products; small farmers in agribusiness Organisation; Evolution of Cooperative Movement; Cooperative principles; Forms of Cooperatives.
45h(T).
AGE 519 RESOURCE ECONOMICS IN AGRICULTURE 3 Credits
The concept of economics resource and its relationship to economic development; land economics; definition, supply of land for economic use; population pressure and the demand for land; the structure of land tenure system in Nigeria; the farm settlement scheme in Nigeria; issues on Land, Labour, Capital and other agricultural resources.
45h(T);C.
AGE 523 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND TRADE 3 Credits
Introduction to some basic concepts and definitions: marketing, market, perfect market, production, marketing efficiency; marketing functions; marketing institutions; Efficiency appraisal for marketing; consumption and empirical analysis of demand; Marketing management and extension; International trade and commodity agreement; marketing research; Domestic marketing of agricultural commodities and International trade.
30h(T);45h(P).
AGE 524 ECONOMETRICS IN AGRICULTURE 3 Credits
The nature, scope and objectives of econometrics; review of statistical concepts; simple linear correlation analysis; simple and multiple liner regression analysis; Functional forms of regression model; Problems in single equation models in regression analysis; Statistical demand analysis and cost analysis.
45h(T);C.
AGE 525 MICROECONOMICS IN AGRICULTURE 3 Credits
Theory of consumer behaviour and demands; characteristics of market demand; The Neo-classical theory of the firm; pricing and output of firms under different market structure; An introduction to managerial and behavioural theory of the firm; Pricing and employment of resources in perfect and imperfect markets; welfare economics.
45h(T);C.
AGE 526 MACROECONOMICS IN AGRICULTURE 3 Credits
Measurement of economic activity and national income models; consumption and investment functions; interest rate theory; commodity, money markets and general equilibrium model; the level of employment; growth and fluctuation in economic activity; inflation and balance of payment theory; unemployment and Phillips curve.
45h(T);C.
AGE 527 POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURE 3 Credits
Definition and concepts of development; features of underdevelopment; transforming the state of underdevelopment: theoretical consideration, economic preconditions, social/psychological preconditions; indicators of development; development policies; objectives, basic needs, implementation, appraisal and evaluations policy objectives, formulation, articulation, implementation and evaluation, Nigerian agricultural policies and problems; Nigerian development plans. Current theories and policies.
45h(T).
AGE 528 AGRICULTURAL FINANCE 3 Credits
Introductory principles of Agricultural Finance, Definition, Scope, significance and terminologies, The time value of money: Interest rates, growth in Income compounding and discounting. Theory of financial management; risk, leverage and farm growth. Sources of farm capital, savings and investment, Tools of financial management: farm records and uses, balance sheet, cash flours, financial ratios. Agricultural credit practices constraints: Systems of delivery of credits for Agriculture: Strategic, administrative and operating decisions; contemporary issues on Agricultural Finance in Nigeria; Recent economic development issues as it relates to agricultural financing and coping methods.
45h(T);C.
AGE 598 SEMINAR 2 Credits
Students are expected to deliver two seminars on assigned topics and submit a report on them. The assigned topics should be related to the field of agriculture. The assigned topics will center on literature review and deep understanding of the subject matter.
90(P);C.
AGE 599 RESEARCH PROJECT 5 Credits
Original research work shall be carried out in any subject area relating to the field of agricultural economics by the student under the guidance of his/her supervisor. Its content will include introduction, literature review, and methodology and results presentation.
225h(P);C.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AND EXTENSION
B.Agric. (Agricultural Extension and Rural Development)
PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES
PHILOSOPHY
The guiding philosophy of the programme, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development is to produce first rate graduates of international rating, trained for self reliance in the practices of Agriculture as a profession with attitudes that will inspire them to be agents of positive change in the society. The programme intends to combine excellence in academics with love of humanity, borne out of a God-fearing attitude, social responsibility and democratic ethos to provide solutions to the numerous problems of the agricultural industry, and the nation at large.
OBJECTIVES
The programme aims at producing graduates who are capable of
(i) applying Agricultural Extension principles and philosophy to solve the numerous problems of Agricultural and Rural Development;
(ii) having a broad-based knowledge in Agriculture which will facilitate engagement in entrepreneur agricultural ventures after graduation, thereby making the graduate a job creator;
(iii) equipping them with relevant skills and knowledge to impact positive attitudes on their social environment;
(iv) possessing ability to work in any part of the world with varying social settings and economic environment.
A. LIST OF COURSES BY LEVELS
100 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide courses
200 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Entries plus the following:
Course Code Course Title Credit(s)
AGE 211 Introduction to Statistics and Field
Experimentation 2
300 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Courses plus the following:
AGE 377 Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Economics
and Extension 2
400 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide courses
500 LEVEL
AES 510 Diffusion and Adoption of Innovation 3
AES 513 Programme Planning and Evaluation 3
AES 514 Agricultural Administration and Supervision 3
AES 516 Rural Community Development 3
AES 517 Extension Methods and Audio-Visual Aids 3
AES 518 Social Change Theories 3
AES 519 Principles of Consumer Economics 3
AES 520 Problems of Rural Social and Public Policy 3
AES 522 Programme of Rural Youth Extension 3
AES 598 Seminar 2
AES 599 Research Project 5
B. SUMMARY OF DEPARTMENTAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(No. of credits in brackets)
100 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Requirements
200 LEVEL
CORE:
AGR 210(1), AGR 220(1), AGR 221(2), AES 230(3), AGE 210(2), AGE 211(2), AGE 220(3), ANF 210(2), CRP 210(3), CRP 211(2), FET 210(3), GST 201(2), GST 216(1), GST 228(2).
Total 29 Credits
ELECTIVES:
Students are advised to register for not less than 1 credit from the following courses: AES 220(2), ANF 211(2), ANF 220(2), ANF 221(2), ANF 222(2), CRP 212(2), CRP 220(2), CRP 221(2), CRP 222(2), FET 220(3), FST 213(1) and any other relevant ones with the permission of the Head of Department.
300 LEVEL
CORE:
AGR 310(1), AGR 320(1), AES 310(2), AES 320(3), ANF 310(2), ANF 311(2), AGE 310(3), AGE 320(3), AGE 321(2), AGE 377(2), CRP 310(2), CRP 313(3), GST 301(1), GST 302(1).
Total 28 Credits
ELECTIVES:
Students are advised to register for not less than 2 credits from the following courses: ANF 313(2), ANF 314(2), ANF 315(2), ANF 320(2), ANF 321(2), ANF 322(2), CRP 320(2), CRP 321(2), CRP 311(2), CRP 312(2), CRP 314(2), CRP 322(2), CRP 323(2), FET 313(2) and any other relevant ones with the permission of the Head of Department.
400 LEVEL
As Listed Under Faculty-Wide Requirements
500 LEVEL
CORE:
AES 510(3), AES 513(3), AES 514(3), AES 516(3), AES 517(3), AES 518(3), AES 520(3), AES 598(2), AES 599(5).
Total 28 Credits
ELECTIVES:
Students are advised to register for not less than 2 credits from the following courses: AES 519(3), AGE 512(3), AGE 514(3), AGE 517(3), AGE 522(3), AGE 528(3) and any other ones with the permission of the Head of Department.
C. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
100 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries
200 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries plus the following:
AGE 211 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND FIELD EXPERIMENTATION 3 Credits
The nature of statistics and statistical methods; definition and scope of field experimentation; statistical terms and notations; methods of data collection and presentation; measures of location and central tendency; measures of dispersion or spread; elementary probability theory; measures of association.
30h(T);45h(P);C.
300 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries plus the following:
AGE 377 ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION 2 Credits
Agriculture as a vocation; Entrepreneurship and agriculture. Innovative ways of making money through agricultural enterprises. Introduction and operation of the capital market; benefits of investing in quoted companies; concept of capital market efficiency; time management financial management, factors to be considered in starting up a business, modern technologies for entrepreneurial development, standardization and quality control; hand-on practical exposure of students to different types of small-scale businesses, jobs, services etc.; value additions to agricultural products (time, space and form), to turn them into economic advantage; consultancy. Students would be made to write essay on special topics in areas of their entrepreneurial interest.
15h(T);45h(P);C.
400 LEVEL
As in the Faculty-Wide Entries
500 LEVEL
AES 510 DIFFUSION AND ADOPTION OF INNOVATION 3 Credits
Definition and elements of diffusion, processes of adoption and diffusion of innovation, the innovation decision process characteristics of innovation; adoption rates and adopter categories, opinion leadership; change agents; theoretical formulations on the diffusion of innovations, sectors related to differential rates of adoption of new agricultural technology; implication of these processes and factors of effective agricultural extension in rural areas.
30h(T);45h(P);C.
AES 513 PROGRAMME PLANNING AND EVALUATION 3 Credits
Concepts, theories, principles and guidelines of administration, Organisation, supervision as applied to extension; administrative function and responsibility in agricultural extension; staff recruitment, selection, placement and supervision; budget development and fiscal control; importance of programme planning in agricultural extension need, educative objective, learning experience, clientele participation, plan of work and calendar of work; the role of good public relations; Good leadership and cooperation for an extension worker; association and cooperative; concept of evaluation applied to agricultural extension programme.
30h(T);45h(P);C
AES 514 AGRICULTURAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION 3 Credits
Concepts, theories, guidelines and principles of extension Organisation management and supervision, roles and responsibilities of various levels of extension and other relevant staff; staff recruitment, selection, placement and supervision; principles of morale and motivation: implications for extension staff development and promotion; creating conducive working environment, discipline; assessment of extension work accomplishments; improving Nigerian extension services.
45h(T);C.
AES 516 RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 3 Credits
The theories of community, Community as a unit of social change, the concept of community development, Sociological, economic and related policy perspectives as they relate to rural development, the micro and macro approaches to social change, Community development and their relevance to Nigeria situation, Problems of institutions and infrastructures, Gender issues in rural/community development, Case studies on community development in Nigeria and other developing countries, The future of rural communities in Nigeria.
30h(T);45h(P);C.
AES 517 EXTENSION METHODS AND AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS 3 Credits
Introduction to extension methods, audio-visual aids/materials, importance to Agricultural production, attributes and utilization of projected visuals, attributes and utilization of non-projected visuals, systematic planning of audio-visual aids/materials, basic production techniques of audio-visual aids/materials, production of non-projected audio-visuals materials, field trip to media production centre, introduction to photography.
30h(T);45h(P);C.
AES 518 SOCIAL CHANGE THEORIES 3 Credits
General sociological theory. Selected theories of social change and their potential for modernization of rural societies. Resistant and conducive forces to change in rural societies. Economics aspects of social change, group dynamics, traditional institution and their transformation, leadership patterns. Involvement of local people in directed change.
45h(T);C.
AES 519 PRINCIPLES OF CONSUMER ECONOMICS 3 Credits
Concept, importance and principles of consumer economics; rights and principles of the consumer; brand evaluation; the individual consumer and decision making; the consumer and the market; types of market structure; the role of the Mass media; income/budgeting; insurance and consumer agencies in Nigeria.
45h(T).
AES 520 PROBLEMS OF RURAL SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY 3 Credits
Problems of rural societies, their causes and solutions. Special topics in rural sociology and selected case studies. Analysis of social structure of rural agrarian system and societies. Sociological, economic and related policy perspectives as they relate to development.
AES 522 PROGRAMME OF RURAL YOUTH EXTENSION 3 Credits
Concepts, theories, guidelines and principles of rural youth extension programmes, participation of youths in community development, problems of rural youth in Extension, clubs for rural youth group dynamics (Assumptions, importance, characteristics). Basis for group formation, Blocks (Adjustment, participation). Need theories.
30h(T);45h(P);C.
AES 598 SEMINAR 2 Credits
Students are expected to deliver two seminars on assigned topics and submit a report on them to the seminar committee. The assigned topics should be related to the field of Agriculture. Presentation and report submitted will be graded. The assigned topics will center on literature review and deep understanding of the subject matter.
90h(P);C.
AES 599 RESEARCH PROJECT 5 Credits
Research project on relevant topics in the area of Agricultural Extension, Rural Sociology, Rural Development will be undertaken by the students under the guidance of his/her supervisor. Its content will include introduction, literature review, methodology, and findings.
225h(P);C. |
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