Tuesday, January 19, 2016

UFSA UPDATE (20-January-2016)

UFSA UPDATE (20-January-2016)

Core Zone
1. UFSA UNILORIN gets students affairs registration.
2. Books received from CTA
3. Membership due payment modalities
4. Member seeks attention toward online survey response.
5. Constitution synopsis
6. Know your Excos.

1. UFSA UNILORIN gets students affairs registration.
The school management of UNILORIN approved the application to become a registered association through the student’s affairs office at December 2015 after much consultation and paying of the prescribed fees plus necessary documents.

2. Books received from CTA
We got some books from the Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CTA), the books would soon be available for all members consumption after a library space has being approved.
List of the books below;
Units
 Books Title
1
Propagating and planting trees
2
Rainwater harvesting for increased pasture production
1
Climate challenge: A 6-part series (DVD)
1
International conference agricultural innovation in dryland Africa (AIDA): What are the key drivers for success?
1
Climate change - Spore special issue
1
Snail farming: Production, processing and marketing
1
Hidden resources: Non-timber forest products for livelihood improvement and biodiversity conservation: Documenting Kenyan experiences
1
Plants, people and nature: Benefit sharing in practice
1
Population & agriculture - Spore Special Issue - August 2010
1
More people, more trees / Plus de gens, plus d'arbres (DVD)
1
Smart sanitation solutions
1
Smart water solutions
1
Spore Special Issue - Modernising farms: Paths to success
1
Farming’s climate-smart future: Placing agriculture at the heart of climate-change policy
1
Spore Special Issue - Making the connection: The rise of agricultural value chains
1
Farming Change: Growing more food with a changing resource base
1
Living with the trees of life: Towards the transformation of tropical agriculture
1
Climate-smart agriculture success stories from farming communities around the world
1
Stories of change: Transforming lives through agricultural and rural development
2
Evidence of impact: Climate-smart agriculture in Africa
1
Embracing Web 2.0 and social media: A life-changing pathway for agricultural development actors
1
Youth and agriculture: Key challenges and concrete solutions
2
2014 - A year in review - Realising the purpose of agriculture
1
Trees and multistorey agriculture in Africa
27
Total

3. Membership due payment modalities
All students in the Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria are to pay N500 administrative fees this session. Payment should be made through representative in each class. Note: Defaulters shall pay double in the next academic session to validate their membership status

4. Member seeks attention toward online survey response.
A member (Onatunji Alex B) and by extension the Vice-president of the association makes an appeal on responding to an online questionnaire titled “Career Choice and Development among Forestry and Wildlife Related Students in Nigeria”. The online survey is accessible at CAREER CHOICE AND DEVELOPMENT AMONG FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE RELATED STUDENTS IN NIGERIA

 5. Constitution synopsis