American Scholars Visit FUNAAB for Collaboration.

Professor Emmanuel Babatunde of the Lincoln University and Dr.
Kelebogile Setiloane, of the University of Delaware, in the United
States of America, have visited the University, for the possibility of
collaboration.
Professor Babatunde, a Nigerian-American, who hails from Imeko in Ogun
State, stated that with the University's recent designation as a
Centre of Excellence by the World Bank, it is easier to go into
partnership in the areas of cultivation, processing and distribution
of food crops.
He disclosed that research should not be monolithic but rather
multidisciplinary before it could be regarded as having been properly
conducted and would, therefore, work towards making the best use of
the University's research efforts for societal development.
Dr Setiloane, who is Professor Babatunde's spouse, said that she
shared the same passion with her husband, adding that she had been
teaching her students what Africa is really about, contrary to what
the western media allegedly portrayed the continent to be.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, who was represented by
the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development, Professor Felix Salako,
reiterated the significance of sending students of the University for
the compulsory Community-Based Farming Scheme (COBFAS). He said
through the programme, students were able to feel the impact of the
environment while the communities in turn, benefit from the
socio-economic development associated with the Scheme.
Professor Oyewole said with the establishment of the World Bank Africa
Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment
(CADESE) in the University, the institution was now better equipped to
embark on the collaboration being envisaged.