The philosophy of the Department is to train high level manpower that will be equipped with the challenges of a changing Nigeria in the application of science and technology for the welfare of the citizens and agribusiness entrepreneurs in modern techniques of profitable farming and agribusiness enterprise management.
The objective of the Department is to;
• Produce trained manpower to effectively mobilize the rural communities for increased agricultural productivity.
• Engage in production and research that will that will provide relevant and proper solutions to the country’s agricultural and rural development problems and improve agricultural productivity in general.
• Produce manpower to take up employment anywhere in Nigeria and the world at large in the ares of crop technology and forestry.
• Produce agriculturist who can skillfully put their skills into operation by establishing and operating their own farming enterprise profitably.
• Improvement of crop production in arid areas.
• Effect of plant spacing and number of seeds per pod on the performance of groundnut in f.c.t Abuja.
• Monitoring of crop physiology using remote sensing methods.
• Effects of plant hormones on regrowth of grasses.
• Relationship between pod growth and plant hormones.
Head of Department - Ezenwaka, Jasper - view profile
Academic Staff
| S/N | Names | Rank | |
| 1 | Ezenwaka Jasper | Senior Lecturer | view profile |
| 2 | Ogidi Inetiminebi Arrow | Professor | view profile |
| 3 | EPIDI TIMOTHY TUBOKEYI | Professor | view profile |
| 4 | Ayolagha Gaskin | Professor | view profile |
| 5 | Achimota A. Dickson | Senior Lecturer | view profile |
| 6 | Baraka Ebipadou Romeo | Senior Lecturer | view profile |
| 7 | Azawei Alamene | Senior Lecturer | view profile |
| 8 | Joseph Oyinbrakemi Tate | Lecturer II | view profile |
| 9 | Ikuli Josiah Muonam | Lecturer II | view profile |
| 10 | Okorodo Payebo Cameroun | Assistant Lecturer | view profile |
| 11 | Tobin-West Maureen Diepreye | Assistant Lecturer | view profile |
| 12 | Mouna Kosuowei | Assistant Lecturer | view profile |
| 13 | Agbai Williams Perekekeme | Graduate Assistant | view profile |
Lecturer Statistics
| Professor | 2 |
| Associate Professor | 0 |
| Senior Lecturer | 4 |
| Lecturer I | Nil |
| Lecturer II | 2 |
| Assistant Lecturer | 3 |
| Graduate Assistant | 1 |
| Year 1 | Male Students ——– | Female Students ——– |
| Year 2 | Male Students ——– | Female Students ——— |
| Year 3 | Male Students ——— | Female Students ——– |
| Year 4 | Male Students ——— | Female Students ——— |
| Year 5 | Male Students ——– | Female Students ——— |
NDU Crop Science Programme
Duration: 5 years
Class Attendance: 70%
Semesters: 10
Male Lecturers: 13
Female Students: 685
Male Students: 950
Female Lecturers: 2
