Staff

Prof. Ehiokhilen Kevin Eifediyi

Prof. Ehiokhilen Kevin Eifediyi

Post
Professor
Department
Agronomy
Email
eifediyi.ek@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Room 13 Department of Agronomy Building, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Teaching and Research Area
Crop Production, Crop Products Processing, Irrigation Agronomy, Study of nutrients requirements of underutilized crops

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Crop Production), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
  • M.Sc. (Crop Science), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
  • PGD (Crop Science), Rivers State University of Science and Tech., Port Harcourt
  • HND (General Agriculture), Federal School of Agriculture, Umuahia, Umudike
  • OND (General Agriculture)Bendel State School of Agriculture

Undergraduate Teaching

  • AGY 203 Agricultural Biology
  • AGY 202 Physiology of Crop Growth and Yield
  • AQF 201 Introduction to Agriculture
  • AGY 308 Agronomy of Arable Crops
  • AGY 309 Agronomy of Permanent Crops
  • AGY 405 Crop Production Techniques
  • AGY 506 Pasture and Forage Crops Husbandry
  • AGY 508 Growth and Yield of Crops II
  • AGY 518 Irrigation Agronomy
  • AGY 526 Crops Products and Processing
  • AGY 534 Agronomy of Arable and Industrial Crops
  • AGY 538 Irrigation Agronomy and Water Conservation
  • AGY 599 Undergraduate Students Project

Postgraduate Teaching

  • AGY 815 Advances in Permanent Crops Production
  • AGY 816 Advances in Arable Crops Production
  • AGY 839 Postgraduate Students Project
  • AGY 916 Advances in Irrigation Agronomy

Research Interest

  • Evaluation of sesame using poultry manure
  • Effect of tillage practices on the growth of sesame and bambara groundnut
  • Effect of zinc sulphate and NPK fertilizer on the performance of sesame
  • Effects of poultry manure on soil properties and fibre strength of kenaf
  • Effects of Iodine of the growth and performance of amaranths