Prof. (Mrs.) Olabisi Fatimo Adekola

Professor

Agronomy

  • Department: Agronomy
  • Email: badekola@unilorin.edu.ng
  • Office: Room 03, Agronomy Building, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin
  • Research/Teaching: Crop production and propagation. Her research focuses mainly on the use varieties of crops to resource-limited farmers and to all other stakeholders.

Olabisi F. Adekola is a Professor in the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, and attended Isabatudeen Girls Grammar School and Queen School, Ibadan between 1976 and 1983. She had her first degree in Forest Resources Management from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and won the Laurie prize for the best-graduating student for the year 1987. Her second degree was in Crop Production from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She joined the services of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria in 1998 as an assistant lecturer and later obtained a Ph.D degree in Agronomy from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She has published in reputable local, national, and international journals and attended several academic/ professional conferences, seminars, and workshops within and outside Nigeria. She has also participated in commissioned national research projects such as the National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) in the Middle Belt Zone sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. She has held various positions of responsibilities including Examination officer, Postgraduate coordinator, Head of the Department of Agronomy, and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

Qualifications
  • Ph.D. Agronomy, 2006
  • M.Sc. Crop production, 1997
  • B.Sc. Forest Resources Management, 1987
Professional Affiliations
  • Fellow, Horticultural Society of Nigeria
  • Member, International Society of Horticultural Science
  • Member, Nigerian Women in Agricultural Research for Development
  • Member, Nigerian Society for Experimental Biology
  • Member, Organic Agriculture Professional of Nigeria
Undergraduate Teaching
  • AGY 206 Introduction to Forestry and Wildlife
  • AGY 203 Agricultural Botany
  • AGY 309 Agronomy of Permanent Crops
  • AGY 405 Crop Production Techniques
  • AGY 408 Crop Processing
  • AGY 516 Horticulture
  • AGY 599 Students’ Project
  • AGY 534 Agronomy of Industrial and Arable Crops
  • ACD 599 Final Year Project (Sasakawa)
  • FRM 532 Tree Breeding and Genetics
Research Interests
  • AGY 859 Graduate Seminar
  • AGY 809 Plant Propagation Techniques
  • AGY 810 Agronomy of Tropical Fruit Production
  • AGY 820 Postharvest Physiology of Fruits and Vegetables
  • AGY 899 M.Sc. Students’ Project
  • AGY 905 Plant Growth Regulation
  • AGY 907 Landscape Horticulture
  • AGY 999 Ph.D. Project
Research Affiliations
  • University of Ilorin
  • Kwara State University
  • Al-Hikmah University
  • National Horticultural Research Institute
  • Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL)
  • Lower Niger River Basin Authority
Links to Publications

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Office Address

Room 03, Agronomy Building, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin