REPORT:19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS (NAAE)

Abstract

The Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists held her 19th Annual Conference from Monday, 15th October, 2018 to Thursday, 18th October, 2018, at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka-Kaduna, Kaduna State. The theme of the conference was “Diversification of the Nigerian Economy: Where lies Agriculture?”. The Opening Ceremony of the conference, which was hosted by the Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Dr Adeshola Adepoju, fnaae; was well attended by the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai (represented by Dr Manzo Daniel, the Honourable Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, Kaduna); the Honourable Minister for Environment, Mallam Jibrin Usman Ibrahim, represented by Mr David Adejoh Andrew, the Director of Forestry, Ministry of Environment. The Deans of Agricultural Faculties, Heads of Departments of Agricultural and Resource Economics of Universities in Nigeria, Members of the Academia, distinguished guests from Federal and Statea Agencies, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate Agricultural Economics students of Nigerian Universities, among others were also in attendance. The keynote address of the conference theme was presented by Professor James Otunola Olukosi of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State.