DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION
100 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| GENERAL STUDY COURSES | |||
| 1. | GSS 101 | Use of English I | 1 |
| 2 | GSS 105 | Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence | 2 |
| 3 | GSS 107 | Nigerians People’s and Culture | 2 |
| 4. | GSS 108 | Basic Igbo Studies | 1 |
| 5 | BIO 101 | General Biology I | 2 |
| 6. | CSC 101 | Introduction to Computer Program | 3 |
| 7. | ICH 101 | Basic Organic Chemistry I | 2 |
| Total | 14 |
SECOND SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1. | GSS 102 | Use of English II | 1 |
| 2. | GSS 106 | Social Science | 2 |
| 3. | GSS 109 | Basic Igbo Studies I | 1 |
| 4. | PHY 108 | Practical Physics II | 1 |
| 5. | BIO 102 | General Biology II | 3 |
| 6. | CSC 102 | Introduction to Computer Programming II | 3 |
| 7. | ICH 102 | Basic Physical Chemistry | 2 |
| Total | 13 |
200 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| GENERAL STUDY COURSES | |||
| 1 | AEC 211 | Principles of Agricultural Economics | 2 |
| 2 | AGR 211 | General Agriculture | 3 |
| 3. | MAT 101 | General Mathematics 1 | 3 |
| 4. | PHY 101 | General Physics I | 3 |
| 5 | ICH 111 | Basic Inorganic Chemistry | 2 |
| 6. | PHY 107 | Practical Physics Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| Total | 14 |
SECOND SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1. | ICH 112 | Practical Chemistry | 1 |
| 2. | MAT 102 | General Mathematics 11 | 3 |
| 3. | PHY 102 | General Physics 11 | 3 |
| 4. | AST 232 | Principles of Animal Production | 2 |
| 5 | CSH 222 | Principles of Crop Production | 2 |
| 6 | FAT 212 | Introduction to Fisheries and Aquacultural Technology | 2 |
| 7 | FST 224 | Principles of Food Science & Technology | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
300 LEVEL
FIRST SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1 | SSL 211 | Climatology and Biogeography | 3 |
| 2 | AST 211 | Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals | 2 |
| 3 | CHS 211 | Crop Anatomy, Taxonomy and Physiology | 2 |
| 4 | CSC 201 | Application of Computer Science | 2 |
| 5 | SSL 213 | Principles of Soil Science | 2 |
| 6 | FWM 211 | Introduction of Forestry Resource Management | 2 |
| 7 | AGR 213 | Introduction to Biotechnology | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
- SECOND SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1 | STA 202 | Statistics for Biological Sciences | 3 |
| 2 | AEC 202 | Introduction to Business in Agriculture | 2 |
| 3 | ENT 200 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 2 |
| 4 | FST 222 | Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry | 2 |
| 5 | AEC 223 | Basic microeconomics | 3 |
| 6 | AST 232 | Principles of Animal Production | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
400 LEVEL
FIRST SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1 | AEC 311 | Introduction to Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology | 2 |
| 2 | AEC 313 | Introduction to Farm Management and Production Economics | 2 |
| 3 | SSL 311 | Introduction to Soil Pedology and Physics | 2 |
| 4 | AGR 311 | Introduction to Farm Machinery | 2 |
| 5 | CSH 321 | Crop Genetics and Breeding | 2 |
| 6 | AST 331 | Non-ruminant Animal Production | 2 |
| 7 | CSH 311 | Arable Crop Production | 2 |
| Total | 14 |
SECOND SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1 | AEC 322 | Extension Teaching, Learning Process & Methods | 2 |
| 2
3 |
AGR 322
CSH 324 |
Experimental Design and Analysis in Agriculture
Permanent Crop Production |
2
2 |
| 4 | CSH 322 | Principle of Crop Protection | 2 |
| 5 | AST 312 | Animal Genetics and Breeding | 2 |
| 6 | SSL 322 | Soil Chemistry and Microbiology | 2 |
| 7 | AEC 372 | Basic Macro Economics | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
500 LEVEL
FIRST SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1. | AEC 511 | Statistics and Research Methods | 2 |
| 2 | AEC 518 | Seminar | 2 |
| 3 | AEC 513 | Econometrics | 3 |
| 4 | AEC 515 | Administration and Program Planning in Extension | 3 |
| 5 | AGR 301 | Application of Computer to Agricultural Production | 3 |
| ELECTIVE | |||
| *6 | FAT 321 | Fish Farming Techniques and Hatchery Technology | 2 |
| *6 | SSL 313 | Soil Fertility and Fertilizer | 2 |
| Total | 17 |
* Each student is expected to offer either course.
SECOND SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1. | AEC 522 | Agric. Policy and Development | 3 |
| 2 | AEC 524 | Rural Community Development | 3 |
| 3 | AEC526 | Technological and Social Change in Agriculture | 3 |
| 4 | AEC 521 | Agric. Business Management and Finance | 2 |
| 5 | AST 523 | Animal Products Handling | 2 |
| 6 | CSH 212 | Principles of Crop Production | 2 |
| Total | 15 |
600 LEVEL – THE FARM PRACTICAL YEAR
The sixth year is devoted to practical training on a farm or related industry. The practical farm training would commence after the fifth year (in a 7 – year program) in order to make it meaningful, since the students are expected to put into practical use the knowledge they have learned in the classroom and laboratory.
The practical training is in the following areas:
| S/N | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1. | AEC 421 | Farm Management, Farm Records and Farm Accounts | 2 |
| 2. | AEC 422 | Agricultural Extension Practices | 2 |
| 3. | AGR 422 | Workshop Practices | 2 |
| 4. | AGR 423 | Farm Mechanization Practices | 2 |
| 5. | AGR 424 | Report Writing | 3 |
| 6. | AST 431 | Animal Husbandry Techniques-Cattle, Sheep, Goat, Poultry, Pigs and Rabbits | 3 |
| 7. | AST 451 | Animal Health Management, Disease control | 4 |
| 8. | CSH 411 | Crop Production Techniques (Permanent
Arable and Horticultural Crops) |
2 |
| 9 | CSH 412 | Crop Protection and Pests and Disease Control/Management | 2 |
| 10 | FST 411 | Agricultural Productions, Processing and Storage | 2 |
| 11 | SSL 422 | Soil Fertility and Water Management | 2 |
| 12 | SSL 432 | Farm Design, Farm Survey and Land Use Planning | 2 |
| 13 | SSL 441 | Agricultural Meteorology | 2 |
| 14 | FAT 428 | Fisheries Management, Fingerling & Fry Production | 2 |
| Total | 30 |
Student’s performance in all of the above areas would be assessed and awarded grades.
700 LEVEL
FIRST SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1. | AEC 512 | Farm Management and Accounting | 3 |
| 2 | AEC 514 | Diffusion of Innovations | 3 |
| 3 | AEC 516 | Extension Organization, Management and Supervision | 3 |
| Total | 9 |
SECOND SEMESTER
| S/N | COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | CREDITS UNIT |
| 1. | AEC 523 | Agric. Project Appraisal, Management and supervision | 2 |
| 2 | AEC 525 | Advanced Rural Sociology | 3 |
| 3 | AEC 599 | Project | 4 |
| Total | 9 |
COURSE DESCRIPTION
AGRICULTURE-GENERAL
AGR 211. General Agriculture (3 Credits)
The definition of agriculture; World population and food supply. History, scope and importance of agriculture to man; Agriculture and natural environment; Characteristic features of tropical agriculture and how they effect production; Land use and tenure; Trends in the production, distribution and utilization of agricultural products; Measures of improving Nigeria Agriculture. Climate, edaphic and social factors in relation to crop production and distributions in Nigeria; Systems of crop farming; Types, distribution and significance of farm animals; basic principles of animal farming; Place of forestry, fish farming and wildlife in Agriculture.
AGR 212 Introduction to Agricultural Biotechnology (2 Credits)
Meaning of biotechnology; Impact of biotechnology on a variety of economic activities involving food, soil fertility improvement, crop production, and environment. Microbial inoculants of plants, Selection and multiplication of plant beneficial microorganisms for improved plant nutrition (bio-fertilizers) and for improved biological control of pests, weeds and diseases (biological control agents); Plant tissue cultures of plant seeds, embryos, tissues, cells or protoplasts on artificial nutrient mediums under sterile conditions. Plant cell cultures; Production of cultures of individual plant cells in a liquid medium for the production of plant products
AGR 311 Introduction to Farm Machinery (3 Credits)
Aims and objective of agricultural mechanization; Basic mechanics, Workshop tools; Principles of internal combustion engines and electric motor, Study of farm machinery used for tillage; ploughs, harrows, cultivators, farm power transmission system. Harvesting and processing equipment (sprayers and dusters). Equipment for livestock (automatic feed conveyors, automatic drinkers for poultry, feeding and watering equipment; milking and milk handling equipment, meat processing equipment). Water lifting and irrigation equipment; Surveying instruments used on the farm; Operating principles, selection and maintenance procedure of farm machinery; Farm machinery costing and records; Workshop and building materials used on the farm.
AGR 321 Design and Analysis of Agricultural Experiments (3 Credits)
Design of experiments; Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Analysis of variance table; Experimental error, degrees of freedom; Assumption of ANOVA. Data Transformation; Completely Randomized Design (CRD); Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). Latin square design, Split plot design and nested classification. Factorial Experiments, Regression, correlation and covariance analysis; Application of Bartlett test of homogeneity of variance test.
AEC 211 Principles of Agricultural Economics
The nature of economics; scope and method. Price theory and functions of the market with particular reference to agriculture. The concept of opportunity cost; Supply and demand and their application to agricultural problems. Production functions. Cost analysis and function concept. Type of market, perfect competition and monopoly, oligopoly etc. price theory and some applications. Theory of distribution; the place of agriculture in national economy Recourse allocation on farms. Aggregate income, expenditure, investment, interest rate, savings, and employment. Inflation; international trade. Commodity agreements and balance of payments; Money and banking.
AEC 311 Introduction to Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology (2 Credits)
The need for agricultural extension. Agricultural extension in the world and in Nigeria, Basic philosophies behind agricultural extension work. The institutional setting of agricultural extension. Basic concepts and principles of rural sociology to an understanding or rural situation. Importance of rural communities and institutions, social stratification, social processes and social changes in rural areas. Leadership in rural communities; role and functions of rural leaders. Development of rural community leaders. The extension agent and the rural community. Communication techniques and str4ategies of change. Various agricultural extension teaching methods aids and their use.
AEC 312 Introduction to Farm Management and Production Economics (2 Credits)
Theory of production. Principles of agricultural production and resource use; factor – factor, factor – product and product – product relationship. Consumption and resource allocation in agriculture. Farm costs and revenue theories. Elements of time, risk and uncertainty in agricultural production. Type of farm records and their uses. Farm budgeting, gross and net margin analysis and farm planning.
AEC 321 Extension Teaching, Learning process and Methods (2 Cr.)
Nature and elements of communication process. Principles of analyzing communication problems in extension. The meaning of the concepts of teaching, learning and motivation, Steps and principles of teaching and learning. Extension teaching methods. Preparation and use of teaching materials and aids.
AEC 511 Statistics and Research Methods (3 Credits)
Defining a research problem; developing hypothesis and objectives; principles of research design; questionnaire preparation and collection of data; measurement and data collection; statistical theory; different statistical methods for handling data; presentation of research findings in narrative, tabular and graphical forms.
AEC 512 Farm Management and Accounting (2 Credits)
Theory and principles of agricultural production with respect to resources use, resource allocation, resource and product/enterprise combination; forms of production functions and their characteristics; response analysis; measurement of resource productivity. The decision making process; depreciation techniques asset fixing; kinds and functions of farm records and account; basic principles of accounting; nature of simple farm accounts; farm planning and analysis; farm budgeting, farm records and inventory, the balance sheet, journal and ledger. Profit and loss statement preparation, adjusting entries. Problems of organizing and managing farms, linear programming, 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of practical per week.
AEC 513 Econometrics (2 Credits)
Econometrics theory in production, simple regression, violation of basic assumption; statistical production and cost analysis. Methods and application of econometrics to agricultural problems.
AEC 514 Diffusion of Innovations (2 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 innovation; sectors related to differential rates of adoption of new agricultural technology; implication of these processes and factor of effective agricultural extension in rural area: 2 hours of lectures per week.
AEC 515 Administration and Programme Planning in Extension (2 Credits)
Concepts. Theories, principles and guidelines of administration, organizations, 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 evaluation applied to agricultural extension programmes.
AEC 516 Extension Organization, Management and Supervision (2 Credits)
Concepts, theories, guidelines and principles of extension organization, 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.
AEC 518 Seminar (2 Credits)
Candidates to pick and present seminars on topical issues of interest within the discipline.
AEC 521 Agribusiness Management and Finance
The scope of agricultural business and management; types of agricultural business management and organizations; enterprise selection; production planning; public policies affecting agricultural business; farm growth; organization of large scale farms; legal organization and tax strategies; economics of agricultural processing; marketing management; principles of agricultural finance; principles of farm credit; capital needs of agricultural industries; sources of loan, funds and collateral security for loans; credits agencies and government credit policy and approaches to efficient credit management; farm accounting; inventory, balance sheet, cash book, cash book analysis.
AEC 522 Agricultural Policy and Development (2 Credits)
Historical and analytical treatment of government agricultural policies and programme in Nigeria and developing countries in general; theories and policies of agricultural development; the role of agriculture in the economy; interrelationship between agricultural and individual development, sectoral planning of agriculture. Problems of agricultural development and planning. Integrated rural development planning.
AEC 523 Agric – Project Appraisal, Management and Evaluation (2 Credits)
Introduction to project appraisal: theory, procedure and data requirements for appraisal and evaluation of agricultural projects and programmes; project identification; and tools of project analysis. The arithmetic of project appraisal: cost – benefit analysis; rate of return calculations, cash flow procedures. Farm and other resource valuation: Case studies and practical problems of project evaluation in developing countries.
AEC 524 Rural Community Development (2 Credits)
Sociological economic and related policy perspective as they relate to rural development. The theories of community; community as a unit of social change; the micro and macro approaches to social change; dimensions of innovations, approaches to community development; community development and other developments. Models of rural/agricultural development and their relevance to Nigeria situation. Problems of institutions and infrastructural community. Case studies on community development in Nigeria and other developing countries; the future of communities in Nigeria.
AEC 525 Advanced Rural Sociology (2 Credits)
General Sociology theory, analysis of social structure of rural agrarian system and societies. Selected theories of social change and their potential for modernization of rural societies; social change and attitude change; measurement of change in rural societies; resistant and conducive forces to change in rural societies. Economic aspects of social change; group dynamics; traditional institution and their transformation, leadership patterns. Involvement of local people in directed change. Problems of rural societies, their causes and solutions. Special topics in rural sociology. Selected case studies.
AEC 526 Technological and Social Change in Agriculture (2 Credits)
Understanding technological change; basic sociological concepts, technological change and societies; general principles in introducing technological change; technological change in Nigerian agricultural development, agricultural extension; ethnical consideration in introduction technological change; engineers and public extension system.
AEC 599 Project (4 Credits)
Each student in the final year is expected to carry out a research project under supervision.